Shannan
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962 · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to girls 94.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 284 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,162since 1950
Shannan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,640 | 53 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,083 | 65 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,728 | 85 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,673 | 90 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,387 | 97 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,515 | 81 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,096 | 132 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,103 | 125 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,120 | 120 | — | |
| 1982 | #938 | 159 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #976 | 150 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #835 | 187 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #782 | 203 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #780 | 196 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #707 | 219 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #656 | 234 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #801 | 172 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #818 | 164 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #743 | 188 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #642 | 237 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #627 | 265 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #612 | 283 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #588 | 284 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #791 | 160 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #1,103 | 89 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,201 | 80 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #1,437 | 59 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shannan! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shannan is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#387 · 1 in 2,491
- Ohio#455 · 1 in 4,132
- Indiana#464 · 1 in 3,939
- Wisconsin#484 · 1 in 5,375
- Georgia#488 · 1 in 3,785
Best ever in a state: #249 in Nebraska, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #387 | 5 | 1 in 2,491 |
| Ohio | #455 | 17 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Indiana | #464 | 9 | 1 in 3,939 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 5 | 1 in 5,375 |
| Georgia | #488 | 9 | 1 in 3,785 |
| Pennsylvania | #556 | 12 | 1 in 5,630 |
| North Carolina | #581 | 6 | 1 in 5,812 |
| Michigan | #592 | 10 | 1 in 5,888 |
| California | #639 | 26 | 1 in 5,030 |
| Texas | #667 | 18 | 1 in 5,243 |
| New Jersey | #771 | 5 | 1 in 7,638 |
| Illinois | #935 | 7 | 1 in 10,031 |
| New York | #1,114 | 8 | 1 in 12,918 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shannan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1968 (#1,103 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1983 (#938 → #1,120)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1969 at #588 (284 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1968–1982
- Highest: 1 in 5,940 girls born in 1969 were named Shannan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 41.9% of all girls named Shannan (2,161) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 82 | #2,980 (1959) | #4,179 |
| 1960s | 846 | #588 (1969) | #1,565 |
| 1970s | 2,161 | #612 (1970) | #717 |
| 1980s | 1,204 | #835 (1980) | #1,242 |
| 1990s | 669 | #1,611 (1993) | #2,170 |
| 2000s | 182 | #3,864 (2001) | #7,432 |
| 2010s | 18 | #14,824 (2011) | #14,915 |
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.
Shannan in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 7,756 of them was named Shannan, which outranked 92.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 103,905 of them was named Shannan, which outranked 57.2% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,405Waleed16
- #2,405Windell16
- #2,405Zechariah16
- #2,513Shannan15
- #2,513Amando15
- #2,513Amon15
- #2,513Antion15
- #2,606Ace14
- #2,606Adriel14
- #2,606Alicia14
Tied with 92 names at #2,513; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.