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Shanon

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Shannon

Shanon has been given to 6,549 babies in the U.S. since 1944. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 285 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% girls, 26% boys all-time.

Babies named Shanon, 2019

1 in 694,000

Shanon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shanon over time

In 2019, Shanon went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19442019

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shanon: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Shannon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shanon means

Shanon is a variant of Shannon.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shanon is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃæn.ən/ for Shanon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shannon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,817 girls were recorded with the name Shanon between 1944 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 285 in 1970; its best national rank was #610 in 1970.

In the United States, 1,732 boys were recorded with the name Shanon between 1952 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 100 in 1975; its best national rank was #821 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shanon?

Shanon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019
1 in 694,000
5 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only
1 in 336,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
481,354 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shanon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2019 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shanon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shanons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shanon was born before 1977 — so the typical Shanon is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
43.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
4,794
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Choose a decade

1970s — 43.0% of all recorded uses (2,071).

Is Shanon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1970 (285)
Years since peak
55
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#610
1970

Spellings of Shanon

Shanon is not the most common spelling — Sharon is, with 58.0% against Shanon's 0.39%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shanon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shanon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 56,308 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 25,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 33,333
  3. 3Michigan1 in 33,333
  4. 4Ohio1 in 33,333
  5. 5Washington1 in 33,333
  6. 6Illinois1 in 50,000
  7. 7Indiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shanon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shanon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shanon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 283,049 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Indiana1 in 100,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shanon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shanon around the world

Where Shanon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • Scotland
    1995–1995
    #639
    in 1995
  • Ireland
    1998–2001
    #606
    in 2001
  • France
    1992–2025
    #5,784
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2006
    #2,939
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1972–1998
    #710
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Shanon

People whose public names include Shanon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Shanon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#610
1970
Peak year
1970
285 that year
First recorded
1944
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
4,817
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#821
1969
Peak year
1975
100 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
1,732
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shanon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ShastaSharlaShanaeShailaShayneShanelShanellSharaShamyaShaniShainaShantiShaniyaShaelynShannonShayleeShanayaShaniaShaynaShakiraShantaShalomShalonShante

Names with a curve like Shanon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Shanon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MindiTawannaKarieToyaLatriciaTawandaBrianChrissyDustyJammieTawnyaBritt

Sibling names for Shanon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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