Shaughn is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaughn through the years
Babies since 1880
392
387 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1992
20 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
Shaughn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1965–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 461 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.