How Many People Are Named Shannah?
people named Shannah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 258,340 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,378 babies named Shannah in Social Security records from 1945 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
51 births
Trend
Last year given
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHANNA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shannah in English. Counting Shannah and these spellings together, about 56,584 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shannah in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Shannah alive today is about 39 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 48 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Shannah first appears in the records in 1945 and was given most often in 1978, to 51 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1945 to 2014
π Rank History
Shannah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,932, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,932 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,594 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Shannah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shannah were born in California than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today.
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