Is Shaune a boy or girl name?

Shaune is a unisex name. Of the 779 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 43.0% were girls and 57.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1977, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Shaune

Recorded 1950–2009 · United States

Shaune was most popular in 1969, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,426 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 779 people named Shaune.

Shaune over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shaune’s peak in 1969. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shaune a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shaune is a unisex name — 43.0% of the 779 Americans given it were girls and 57.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1977 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org