Shanan
- Last seen for girls in 1998 at #8,016
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #6,128
- Given to girls 85.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 745since 1955
Shanan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,254 | 35 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,719 | 53 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #1,784 | 47 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five girls were named Shanan! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shanan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shanan
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1970 at #1,719 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,984
- Highest: 1 in 32,984 girls born in 1970 were named Shanan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,632 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 49.0% of all girls named Shanan (365) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1993
- Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,828 (1955) | #6,037 |
| 1960s | 116 | #1,784 (1969) | #4,509 |
| 1970s | 365 | #1,719 (1970) | #2,302 |
| 1980s | 178 | #2,847 (1981) | #4,654 |
| 1990s | 76 | #7,498 (1993) | #9,578 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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