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Is Shawn a Male or Female Name?

Shawn is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shawn globally is 93.7% males and 6.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 7.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shawn in percentages: Globally: 93.7% males, 6.3% females, United States: 92.3% males, 7.7% females, Canada: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, United Kingdom: 97.0% males, 3.0% females, South Africa: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, China: 94.3% males, 5.7% females, Malaysia: 97.6% males, 2.4% females, Singapore: 98.4% males, 1.6% females, St. Lucia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Jamaica: 95.2% males, 4.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shawn are 45-54 years old, making up 33.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shawn in each age group: 18-24: 7.7%, 25-34: 6.7%, 35-44: 14.2%, 45-54: 33.9%, 55-64: 26.3%, 65+: 11.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shawn is Jamaica with 0.1754% of the population. Following is Canada and United States.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shawn measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shawn year over year: 1956: 0.006‰, 1957: 0.0106‰, 1958: 0.0123‰, 1959: 0.0124‰, 1960: 0.0094‰, 1961: 0.0145‰, 1962: 0.0144‰, 1963: 0.0133‰, 1964: 0.0178‰, 1965: 0.0191‰, 1966: 0.0211‰, 1967: 0.0206‰, 1968: 0.0226‰, 1969: 0.0236‰, 1970: 0.0252‰, 1971: 0.0342‰, 1972: 0.0268‰, 1973: 0.0318‰, 1974: 0.0263‰, 1975: 0.0228‰, 1976: 0.0221‰, 1977: 0.021‰, 1978: 0.0193‰, 1979: 0.0173‰, 1980: 0.0121‰, 1981: 0.0142‰, 1982: 0.0127‰, 1983: 0.0129‰, 1984: 0.0117‰, 1985: 0.0109‰, 1986: 0.0096‰, 1987: 0.0076‰, 1988: 0.0066‰, 1989: 0.0046‰, 1990: 0.0046‰, 1991: 0.004‰, 1992: 0.0054‰, 1993: 0.0059‰, 1994: 0.005‰, 1995: 0.005‰, 1996: 0.0045‰, 1997: 0.0038‰, 1998: 0.0032‰, 1999: 0.002‰, 2000: 0.0054‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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