Shun

Boy · recorded 1925–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shun.

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Its story

Popularity since 1925

0132619251950197419992023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 59 recorded years as a table
Shun, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19254
19654
19666
19675
19689
196910
197013
197123
197223
197326
197416
197515
197613
197712
197818
197911
198023
198115
198212
198311
19847
19857
19869
19876
19887
19894
19908
19914
19925
19939
19946
199510
19969
19977
19986
19997
20005
20018
20027
20037
20048
20055
20068
20077
20087
20095
20109
20113
20124
20135
20145
20154
20176
20188
20195
20203
20213
20223
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shun isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1925
909

Shun was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 26 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shun doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.