Recorded 1958–2019 · United States
Shavon was most popular in 1979, when 368 American babies were given the name — ranking #932 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,266 people named Shavon.
Shavon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1958, which makes it about 67 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 60 of the 68 years since. It was last recorded in 2019.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,266 American births named Shavon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,132 are estimated to be alive today.
Shavon was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Shavon is out of use. It averaged 14 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Shavon is mostly a girl’s name — 91.4% of the 4,266 Americans given it were girls and 8.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 82% girls and 18% boys.
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.
Roughly 4,132 Americans named Shavon are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 41 years old, and half are between 33 and 46.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org