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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 336,416 of them was named Shannen, which outranked 22.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,309Zettie7
- #5,309Zondra7
- #5,309Zula7
- #5,851Shannen6
- #5,851Adeena6
- #5,851Adraine6
- #5,851Adrina6
- #6,567Abelina5
- #6,567Abigale5
- #6,567Adline5
Tied with 715 names at #5,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.