# Shavon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shavon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,266 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 368 / 3,898 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | 5,760 |
| 2006 | 20 | 6,567 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,685 |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,366 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,566 |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,353 |
| 2011 | 25 | 5,524 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,046 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,253 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,827 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,837 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,468 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,571 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,605 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,287 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24 | 3,092 |
| 1997 | 17 | 4,028 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,437 |
| 1999 | 14 | 4,987 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8,096 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,372 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9,237 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,503 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,050 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,690 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14,067 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,850 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12,031 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,745 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12,003 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |

## People named Shavon

- Shavon Shields, Danish basketball player (born 1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.