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
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 745since 1955
Shanan 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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| 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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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.
See more about Shanan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1970 at #1,719 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 49.0% of all girls named Shanan (365) were born in this decade
- 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.
Shanan in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 32,984 of them was named Shanan, which outranked 81.6% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,706Reyna54
- #1,706Sari54
- #1,706Tomi54
- #1,719Shanan53
- #1,719Alisia53
- #1,719Alta53
- #1,719Bettie53
- #1,736Addie52
- #1,736Bobbijo52
- #1,736Cammy52
Tied with 16 names at #1,719; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 371,646 of them was named Shanan, which outranked 13.0% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 709 names at #4,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.