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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Shone

Used in both girl and boy records

Shone appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Shone by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDShone as a girl’s nameUS records 1967–1976
#28038girl rank1972peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDShone as a boy’s nameUS records 1967–2011
#7673boy rank1973peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Shone in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19729 uses#547719721967–19768 listed years
Boy197333 uses#148619731967–201131 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.