How Many People Are Named Shaw?
people named Shaw are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 259,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,398 babies named Shaw in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shaw, 4.6% were girls and 95.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 7.1% of the babies were girls then and 5.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shaw alive today is about 26 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shaw first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2016, to 39 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shaw has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,742, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #4,835.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,835 |
| Best rank | #1,742 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,757 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shaw alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shaw were born in California than in any other state: about 25 of those alive today.
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