How Many People Are Named Shanon?
people named Shanon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,039 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,549 babies named Shanon in Social Security records from 1944 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
374 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of SHANNON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shanon in English. Counting Shanon and these spellings together, about 332,233 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shanon, 74.2% were girls and 25.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shanon fell from 91.4% in the 1950s to 62.1% in the 2000s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Shanon alive today is about 47 years old, and 86% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 54 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Shanon first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1970, to 374 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2019
π Rank History
Shanon has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #610, in 1970. Among boys, its best rank was #821, in 1969.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #610 (1970) | #821 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #742 in the 1970s | #898 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanon were born in California than in any other state: about 640 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanon was given 2 times as often in California, 1.7 times in Florida and 1.7 times in Washington.
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