How popular is the name Shon?

Shon ranks 1,470th among boys' names in US records, with 5,893 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 194.

Is Shon a unisex name?

No. Shon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 313 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Xan, Schon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,470 of boy names

Pronounced SH AA1 N (ARPABET)

Shon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 5,893 children — the 1,470th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 194 births across the past decade, against a peak of 313 in a single year. That peak was in 1971.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Xan and Schon — because they are pronounced identically.

1971Boys: 313Girls: 36

These spellings sound identical to Shon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Shon?: Shon ranks 1,470th among boys' names in US records, with 5,893 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 194.
Is Shon a unisex name?: No. Shon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Shon most popular?: 1971, when 313 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Shon spelled?: Xan, Schon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.