Shanon
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #10,803
Given to girls 73.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 285 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,817since 1944
Shanon 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 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #2,275 | 58 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,270 | 57 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #1,965 | 65 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #1,363 | 100 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #1,343 | 98 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #1,149 | 124 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #969 | 149 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #1,005 | 141 | #1,687 | 34 |
| 1982 | #1,079 | 132 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #920 | 163 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #862 | 178 | #1,133 | 64 |
| 1979 | #854 | 182 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1978 | #784 | 194 | #1,040 | 70 |
| 1977 | #675 | 232 | #913 | 86 |
| 1976 | #654 | 236 | #845 | 97 |
| 1975 | #778 | 181 | #831 | 100 |
| 1974 | #720 | 200 | #856 | 87 |
| 1973 | #795 | 165 | #957 | 71 |
| 1972 | #753 | 185 | #859 | 87 |
| 1971 | #718 | 211 | #869 | 88 |
| 1970 | #609 | 285 | #854 | 89 |
| 1969 | #708 | 200 | #817 | 89 |
| 1968 | #813 | 155 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,196 | 79 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 | #1,345 | 32 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 | #1,429 | 29 |
| 1964 | #1,666 | 48 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanon! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanon is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#416 · 1 in 3,897
- South Carolina#445 · 1 in 2,990
- Virginia#511 · 1 in 4,294
- Pennsylvania#594 · 1 in 5,779
- North Carolina#649 · 1 in 5,523
Best ever in a state: #213 in Montana, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #416 | 8 | 1 in 3,897 |
| South Carolina | #445 | 6 | 1 in 2,990 |
| Virginia | #511 | 7 | 1 in 4,294 |
| Pennsylvania | #594 | 12 | 1 in 5,779 |
| North Carolina | #649 | 6 | 1 in 5,523 |
| Washington | #687 | 5 | 1 in 5,522 |
| Michigan | #844 | 6 | 1 in 9,776 |
| Texas | #871 | 15 | 1 in 8,249 |
| California | #930 | 21 | 1 in 8,633 |
| Florida | #937 | 6 | 1 in 9,015 |
| New York | #1,418 | 6 | 1 in 16,889 |
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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 Shanon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1968 (#1,196 → #813)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1985 (#969 → #1,149)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1970 at #609 (285 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1968–1981
- Highest: 1 in 6,134 girls born in 1970 were named Shanon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 43.0% of all girls named Shanon (2,071) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,709 |
| 1950s | 191 | #1,908 (1958) | #2,634 |
| 1960s | 709 | #708 (1969) | #1,683 |
| 1970s | 2,071 | #609 (1970) | #734 |
| 1980s | 1,230 | #862 (1980) | #1,227 |
| 1990s | 451 | #2,101 (1990) | #2,837 |
| 2000s | 121 | #5,795 (2003) | #9,796 |
| 2010s | 21 | #14,558 (2014) | #15,990 |
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.
Shanon in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,233 of them was named Shanon, which outranked 92.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 35,824 of them was named Shanon, which outranked 82.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,294Rueben51
- #1,294Syed51
- #1,294Tavis51
- #1,309Shanon50
- #1,309Abner50
- #1,309Antwaun50
- #1,309Cain50
- #1,334Abelardo49
- #1,334Amado49
- #1,334Barron49
Tied with 24 names at #1,309; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.