Shannan

Shannan peaked in the US in 1969 at #588, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Shannan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Shannan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Shannan as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2023————#856 (3)—
2012#14,962 (6)—————
2011#14,824 (6)—————
2010#14,959 (6)—————
2009#13,704 (7)#5,556 (3)————
2008#10,084 (11)#4,524 (4)————
2007#7,394 (17)#2,627 (8)——#842 (3)—
2006#7,868 (15)#1,660 (14)————
2005#8,330 (13)#1,406 (16)————
2004#7,828 (14)#1,535 (14)————
2003#6,299 (18)#1,472 (14)————
2002#4,767 (25)#962 (23)#409 (6)#339 (3)#512 (4)—
2001#3,864 (33)#835 (28)——#606 (3)—
2000#4,185 (29)#712 (33)#525 (4)——#2,186 (6)
1999#2,640 (53)#752 (30)#379 (7)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1969 at #588.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.
  • In 1999, 91% of US babies named Shannan were girls.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShannanCanadaGirls—too few
ShannanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShannanIrelandGirls—too few
ShannanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShannanScotlandGirls—too few
ShannanUSGirls—too few
ShannanUSBoys—too few