Shaun

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Irish (from Hebrew via Latin and Irish) — Variant of Sean

Boy's name · #1956 in the US (2025) · 80s wave

Popularity over time

Shaun reached its best rank, #52, in 1978 and ranked #1956 in 2025. Roughly 70,000 boys have been named Shaun since 1935.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#434 in Scotland (2025) · #654 in Ireland (2025) · #1,397 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,946 in Canada (2024).

Famous Shauns

Shaun Wright-Phillips — English association football player (born 1981)
Shaun Murphy — English snooker player (born 1982)
Shaun Maloney — Scottish association football player and coach
Shaun White — American snowboarder and skateboarder
Shaun Toub — Iranian-born American actor

In stories & tradition

Shaun Murphy — The Good Doctor (TV series)
Shaun — Shaun the Sheep (TV series)
Shaun Campbell^pt — On Her Majesty's Secret Service (book)

What Shauns become

Among 694 notable people named Shaun:

Sports figures appear 2.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shaun Wright-Phillips, English association football player (born 1981).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Sean (#489) and Shawn (#682), Shaun would rank around #312 with about 1,100 births last year — the newborns split about 57/36/7 across Sean, Shawn, and Shaun.

Similar names: Shawn · Terrell · Saul · Bryant · Shane · Sammy

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