as a First Name
Anglicized spelling of Irish Seán (see Sean), used mainly in North America. In Canada it is also found as a girl's name.
| 187th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 321,671
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 323,619
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Maine
- has the most people named Shawn per capita
- 1971
- marked the height of its popularity
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91%
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55+
63%
30-54
30-54
22%
13-29
13-29
14%
0-12
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