Shannon
#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to girls 85.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 13,368 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 295,782since 1912
Shannon 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 | #2,387 | 75 | #2,991 | 41 |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #2,595 | 51 |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #1,856 | 109 | #2,962 | 42 |
| 2021 | #1,698 | 122 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #1,948 | 98 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #1,490 | 147 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #1,482 | 148 | #2,083 | 68 |
| 2017 | #1,334 | 174 | #1,861 | 79 |
| 2016 | #1,264 | 193 | #1,890 | 78 |
| 2015 | #1,055 | 249 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2014 | #1,015 | 257 | #1,766 | 85 |
| 2013 | #917 | 278 | #1,588 | 97 |
| 2012 | #823 | 327 | #1,626 | 95 |
| 2011 | #705 | 394 | #1,561 | 101 |
| 2010 | #685 | 419 | #1,639 | 95 |
| 2009 | #561 | 543 | #1,241 | 144 |
| 2008 | #482 | 657 | #1,182 | 150 |
| 2007 | #437 | 741 | #1,118 | 162 |
| 2006 | #356 | 919 | #976 | 190 |
| 2005 | #303 | 1,053 | #911 | 194 |
| 2004 | #256 | 1,255 | #871 | 201 |
| 2003 | #227 | 1,447 | #843 | 206 |
| 2002 | #184 | 1,757 | #742 | 234 |
| 2001 | #171 | 1,906 | #799 | 210 |
| 2000 | #152 | 2,180 | #723 | 241 |
| 1999 | #118 | 2,747 | #602 | 308 |
| 1998 | #104 | 3,278 | #645 | 271 |
| 1997 | #85 | 3,914 | #598 | 296 |
| 1996 | #80 | 4,337 | #575 | 316 |
| 1995 | #73 | 4,733 | #524 | 375 |
| 1994 | #60 | 5,508 | #502 | 403 |
| 1993 | #53 | 6,070 | #525 | 377 |
| 1992 | #66 | 5,290 | #465 | 466 |
| 1991 | #71 | 4,845 | #435 | 514 |
| 1990 | #68 | 5,190 | #428 | 520 |
| 1989 | #61 | 5,660 | #389 | 566 |
| 1988 | #56 | 6,256 | #387 | 510 |
| 1987 | #45 | 6,968 | #372 | 517 |
| 1986 | #44 | 7,403 | #337 | 571 |
| 1985 | #41 | 7,714 | #295 | 689 |
| 1984 | #37 | 8,476 | #274 | 763 |
| 1983 | #38 | 8,424 | #246 | 882 |
| 1982 | #38 | 8,623 | #218 | 1,088 |
| 1981 | #32 | 9,226 | #207 | 1,205 |
| 1980 | #29 | 9,670 | #184 | 1,328 |
| 1979 | #25 | 10,370 | #158 | 1,639 |
| 1978 | #22 | 10,598 | #142 | 1,849 |
| 1977 | #19 | 12,518 | #120 | 2,286 |
| 1976 | #17 | 13,368 | #98 | 2,611 |
| 1975 | #21 | 9,370 | #101 | 2,530 |
| 1974 | #18 | 10,608 | #101 | 2,505 |
| 1973 | #22 | 9,802 | #100 | 2,636 |
| 1972 | #22 | 10,965 | #94 | 3,014 |
| 1971 | #21 | 12,647 | #106 | 3,008 |
| 1970 | #22 | 13,547 | #128 | 2,571 |
| 1969 | #31 | 10,452 | #129 | 2,373 |
| 1968 | #53 | 6,403 | #159 | 1,704 |
| 1967 | #101 | 3,444 | #198 | 1,171 |
| 1966 | #120 | 2,990 | #204 | 1,157 |
| 1965 | #144 | 2,570 | #243 | 938 |
| 1964 | #170 | 2,299 | #281 | 758 |
| 1963 | #186 | 2,053 | #318 | 626 |
| 1962 | #231 | 1,394 | #350 | 502 |
| 1961 | #252 | 1,234 | #435 | 336 |
| 1960 | #288 | 1,011 | #469 | 286 |
| 1959 | #282 | 1,007 | #459 | 300 |
| 1958 | #324 | 824 | #646 | 142 |
| 1957 | #340 | 709 | #606 | 160 |
| 1956 | #332 | 692 | #592 | 165 |
| 1955 | #336 | 643 | #585 | 157 |
| 1954 | #368 | 558 | #654 | 124 |
| 1953 | #383 | 492 | #754 | 89 |
| 1952 | #411 | 419 | #673 | 106 |
| 1951 | #431 | 374 | #668 | 109 |
| 1950 | #408 | 382 | #716 | 92 |
| 1949 | #494 | 267 | #761 | 82 |
| 1948 | #562 | 219 | #766 | 78 |
| 1947 | #517 | 256 | #794 | 75 |
| 1946 | #641 | 152 | #704 | 85 |
| 1945 | #680 | 119 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #681 | 120 | #918 | 48 |
| 1943 | #634 | 143 | #943 | 50 |
| 1942 | #668 | 126 | #947 | 49 |
| 1941 | #790 | 83 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #841 | 72 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | #1,085 | 35 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #929 | 55 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #1,207 | 34 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,181 | 30 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
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| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Shannon! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shannon
- 517 spots since 2024 (#1,870 → #2,387)
- 439 spots since 2020 (#1,948 → #2,387)
- 1,332 spots since 2015 (#1,055 → #2,387)
- Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1937 (#1,267 → #929)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2010 (#561 → #685)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1976 at #17 (13,368 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1968–1997
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1937–2013
- Highest: 1 in 110 girls born in 1976 were named Shannon (0.91%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.5% of all girls named Shannon (113,793) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1936, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,979 (1912) | #4,201 |
| 1920s | 112 | #1,825 (1929) | #2,845 |
| 1930s | 372 | #868 (1939) | #1,295 |
| 1940s | 1,557 | #494 (1949) | #651 |
| 1950s | 6,100 | #282 (1959) | #362 |
| 1960s | 33,850 | #31 (1969) | #158 |
| 1970s | 113,793 | #17 (1976) | #21 |
| 1980s | 78,420 | #29 (1980) | #42 |
| 1990s | 45,912 | #53 (1993) | #78 |
| 2000s | 12,458 | #152 (2000) | #313 |
| 2010s | 2,586 | #685 (2010) | #1,077 |
| 2020s | 607 | #1,698 (2021) | #1,965 |
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.
Shannon in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 111,624 of them was named Shannon, which outranked 13.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 466 names at #2,979; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 47,771 of them was named Shannon, which outranked 39.9% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,619Woodford10
- #1,619Yale10
- #1,619Zeno10
- #1,746Shannon9
- #1,746Agapito9
- #1,746Agostino9
- #1,746Albertus9
- #1,885Abbott8
- #1,885Achilles8
- #1,885Adelard8
Tied with 138 names at #1,746; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.