Given name & surname
Shon
“God is gracious”
In English use, Shon is a variant of Sean. In Irish use, Sean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Shon 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 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,530
- 5,172 boys · 358 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 329 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,814 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,814 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 301 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,802 as a first name in 2020; 971 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shon’s family of names
In English usage, Shon has a related form in Sean. In Hebrew usage, Shon has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jan. In English usage, Shon as a surname has a related form in SCHOEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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