How Many People Are Named Shannan?
people named Shannan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 66,147 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,479 babies named Shannan in Social Security records from 1950 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
305 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shannan, 94.5% were girls and 5.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 94.2% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shannan alive today is about 46 years old, and 87% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shannan first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1970, to 305 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Shannan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #588, in 1969.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #588 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #716 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shannan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shannan were born in California than in any other state: about 565 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shannan was given 1.8 times as often in California, 1.6 times in Pennsylvania and 1.5 times in Florida.
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