Over the past 110 years, 302 415 boys and 30 315 girls have been named Shawn. The name Shawn ranks 106th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Shawn in 1943. The peak of popularity of the name Shawn 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.