Shannen
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 92.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 216 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,921since 1961
Shannen 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
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| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
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| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #3,224 | 47 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,100 | 163 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #892 | 216 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,037 | 179 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,439 | 111 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,071 | 56 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,542 | 29 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shannen! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shannen is popular in 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#406 · 1 in 2,855
- New Jersey#449 · 1 in 3,179
- Connecticut#478 · 1 in 3,549
- New York#521 · 1 in 3,648
- Florida#548 · 1 in 3,919
Best ever in a state: #406 in Massachusetts, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #406 | 12 | 1 in 2,855 |
| New Jersey | #449 | 14 | 1 in 3,179 |
| Connecticut | #478 | 5 | 1 in 3,549 |
| New York | #521 | 31 | 1 in 3,648 |
| Florida | #548 | 19 | 1 in 3,919 |
| Pennsylvania | #604 | 13 | 1 in 5,093 |
| Wisconsin | #644 | 5 | 1 in 5,418 |
| Michigan | #793 | 8 | 1 in 6,926 |
| Georgia | #943 | 5 | 1 in 8,095 |
| California | #1,132 | 24 | 1 in 10,399 |
| Illinois | #1,448 | 5 | 1 in 15,039 |
| Texas | #1,575 | 8 | 1 in 17,128 |
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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 Shannen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1993 (#1,037 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1994 (#892 → #1,100)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1993 at #892 (216 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1993
- Highest: 1 in 8,375 girls born in 1993 were named Shannen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 51.0% of all girls named Shannen (979) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77 | #2,704 (1969) | #4,579 |
| 1970s | 251 | #1,986 (1970) | #3,128 |
| 1980s | 269 | #2,071 (1988) | #3,565 |
| 1990s | 979 | #892 (1993) | #2,198 |
| 2000s | 311 | #2,740 (2000) | #5,200 |
| 2010s | 29 | #9,711 (2012) | #13,456 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
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.
Shannen in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 8,375 of them was named Shannen, which outranked 94.4% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 217,925 of them was named Shannen, which outranked 43.3% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,360Zan10
- #5,360Zedrick10
- #5,360Zeferino10
- #5,771Shannen9
- #5,771Adem9
- #5,771Adonus9
- #5,771Ahad9
- #6,228Abdelrahman8
- #6,228Abdias8
- #6,228Absalom8
Tied with 456 names at #5,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.