Over the past 110 years, 67 185 boys and 1 014 girls have been named Shaun. The name Shaun ranks 374th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Shaun in 1936. The peak of popularity of the name Shaun came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.