Shandon

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 80.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1998 · 58 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
748
since 1966

Shandon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #5,480, 1972peak #1,741, 1998girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017#10,7756
2016#8,8168
2015#12,0865
2014#7,04811
2013#8,7898
2012#9,7097
2011#10,8086
2010#10,7666
2009#6,80212
2008#9,0198
2007#8,9158
2006#5,52515
2005#4,32620
2004#5,81313
2003#4,81516
2002#4,91915
2001#2,98830
2000#3,21926
1999#11,3857#1,96649
1998#7,53212#1,74158
1997#13,7245#1,89049
1996#5,18711
1995#13,3865#6,9927
1994#4,09415
1993#11,7806#5,7719
1992#10,4797#5,23610
1991#10,2717#4,00514
1990#10,1937#3,46717
1989#6,95511#4,27112
1988#9,2447#3,52314
1987#8,7787#3,07216
1986#6,61210#4,13010
1985#7,5638#3,21614
1984#10,4225#3,70111
1983#5,82411#3,88410
1982#2,16624
1981#6,8049#2,56918
1980#10,3925#2,61718
1979#3,01814
1978#3,8579
1977#6,8928#2,66516
1976#8,1566#2,70915
1975#3,07812
1974#6,2588#2,54915
1973#2,40516
1972#5,4809#2,65913
1971#7,3886#3,6588
1970#4,2306
1969#5,9747
1968#6,2466
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1965#6,5395
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Shandon! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,741 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,955
  • Highest: 1 in 32,955 boys born in 1998 were named Shandon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 32.0% of all boys named Shandon (239) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly girls until 1986, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#3,537 (1966)#3,537
1970s124#2,405 (1973)#3,083
1980s147#2,166 (1982)#3,315
1990s239#1,741 (1998)#4,035
2000s163#2,988 (2001)#5,634
2010s57#7,048 (2014)#9,850
2020s12#9,554 (2020)#10,942

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shandon in 1998

girls
#7,532
12 births · 1 in 147,246 girls
boys
#1,741
58 births · 1 in 32,955 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #7,532Shandon12

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,741Shandon58
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 147,246 of them was named Shandon, which outranked 54.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shandon
  1. #7,104Zitlaly13
  2. #7,104Zuleyka13
  3. #7,104Zurisadai13
  4. #7,532Shandon12
  5. #7,532Aarti12
  6. #7,532Aashna12
  7. #7,532Abigial12
  8. #8,016Aariona11
  9. #8,016Abrina11
  10. #8,016Adasia11

Tied with 483 names at #7,532; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 32,955 of them was named Shandon, which outranked 84.6% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shandon
  1. #1,719Tarek59
  2. #1,719Teagan59
  3. #1,719Zacchaeus59
  4. #1,741Shandon58
  5. #1,741Amin58
  6. #1,741Callum58
  7. #1,741Chasen58
  8. #1,768Abelardo57
  9. #1,768Cash57
  10. #1,768Cassidy57

Tied with 26 names at #1,741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998