How Many People Are Named Shun?
people named Shun are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 389,720 people in the US has this name
Based on 939 babies named Shun in Social Security records from 1925 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shun, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 7% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shun alive today is about 37 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shun first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1980, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Shun has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,325, in 1973.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,325 (1973) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,754 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shun alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shun were born in Tennessee than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today.
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