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Jshaun

jay-shawn /dʒeɪ.ʃɔːn/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#12,008 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
5 (<0.01% of boys)
Trend
Slipping #8,739 in 2020 to #12,008 in 2025
Peak
#5,072 in 2006
First recorded
1998

Meaning of Jshaun

Jshaun bursts onto the scene like a fresh riff in a favorite song—familiar enough to hum along to, yet spiced with its own surprise beat. Spelled with that playful upfront “J,” the name springs from Shaun/Shawn, the Irish-Anglo cousin of John, and carries the time-honored meaning “God is gracious.” Think of it as the classic tale of John rolling through centuries, slipping on a sporty hoodie in the 1970s as “Shawn,” then grabbing a sleek new jacket in the early 2000s to become “Jshaun.” In U.S. baby-name charts, he’s the quiet comet: never cracking the Top 800, but flashing just brightly enough—15 newborns at his 2010 peak—to make parents in the know whisper, “Who’s that?” The sound itself, jay-SHAWN, feels like a wave hitting warm sand: smooth, quick, and just a little bit beach-party cool (helped, no doubt, by echoes of the chart-topping British singer Jay Sean). For families hunting a name that blends Irish roots, urban rhythm, and a dash of daring originality, Jshaun is ready for his close-up.

How to pronounce Jshaun

English

Popularity of Jshaun in the U.S.

Jshaun was the #12,008 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 5 babies. It peaked at #5,072 in 2006. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Bar and line chart: Jshaun in the U.S., 1998–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 17 in 2006 and 5 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #5,072 in 2006, #12,008 in 2025.
  • Boys named Jshaun (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1998–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1998⁠–⁠2025 20 rows
Jshaun: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025512,008back (not recorded in 2024)
202379,763back (not recorded in 2021–2022)
202088,739▲ 1,017
201979,756back (not recorded in 2017–2018)
201679,664▲ 2,422
2015512,086▲ 22
2014512,108back (not recorded in 2013)
201288,864▼ 97
201188,767▼ 3,026
2010155,741▲ 695
2009136,436▲ 751
2008117,187▲ 986
200798,173▼ 3,101
2006175,072▲ 2,024
2005107,096▼ 958
2004126,138▲ 1,107
200397,245▼ 1,157
2002116,088▼ 75
2001116,013back (not recorded in 1999–2000)
199868,479new