Shannon Name Popularity

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How popular is Shannon?

In 2018 the uncommon name Shannon, ranked the 1,478th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Shannon is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #17 was reached in 1976.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1970 with 13,546 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Shannon was less than 5, most recently in 1920.

Shannon, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1927-1943, 1944-1970, and 1973-1976, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1970-1973, 1976-1982, 1983-1991, and 1994-2017.

Sometimes the name Shannon has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Shannon has been spiralling downward in popularity. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Shannon for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shannon?

Shannon's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shannon is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Shannon is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Shannon (Girl)		Shannon (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		148	1,478	67	2,100
2017		173	1,344	79	1,867
2016		193	1,263	78	1,899
2015		249	1,059	82	1,822
2014		257	1,015	84	1,788
2013		278	917	97	1,597
2012		327	822	95	1,631
2011		394	706	101	1,563
2010		416	688	95	1,649
2009		542	563	144	1,248
2008		657	482	150	1,184
2007		741	437	162	1,119
2006		919	357	190	979
2005		1,053	303	194	912
2004		1,255	256	201	873
2003		1,447	227	206	844
2002		1,757	184	234	743
2001		1,906	172	210	801
2000		2,180	152	241	723
1999		2,748	118	308	602
1998		3,277	104	271	646
1997		3,914	85	296	598
1996		4,337	80	316	577
1995		4,734	73	375	524
1994		5,507	60	403	505
1993		6,070	53	377	527
1992		5,289	66	466	465
1991		4,846	71	514	435
1990		5,189	68	520	429
1989		5,660	61	566	389
1988		6,254	56	510	387
1987		6,965	45	517	373
1986		7,404	44	571	337
1985		7,712	41	689	295
1984		8,476	37	762	275
1983		8,427	38	882	246
1982		8,622	38	1,088	219
1981		9,227	32	1,204	207
1980		9,669	29	1,330	184
1979		10,367	25	1,640	158
1978		10,602	22	1,848	143
1977		12,517	19	2,286	120
1976		13,371	17	2,612	98
1975		9,371	21	2,530	101
1974		10,609	18	2,505	101
1973		9,804	22	2,636	100
1972		10,965	22	3,014	94
1971		12,652	21	3,007	106
1970		13,546	22	2,573	128
1969		10,451	31	2,372	129
1968		6,400	53	1,706	159
1967		3,445	101	1,169	198
1966		2,992	120	1,157	204
1965		2,569	144	938	243
1964		2,299	170	759	281
1963		2,052	186	626	318
1962		1,393	231	503	350
1961		1,235	252	335	436
1960		1,014	288	286	469
1959		1,006	282	299	459
1958		824	326	142	647
1957		707	340	161	604
1956		692	332	165	593
1955		641	336	157	589
1954		559	368	124	654
1953		492	384	89	756
1952		419	412	106	676
1951		374	431	109	671
1950		382	408	92	719
1949		267	496	82	763
1948		219	563	78	769
1947		256	519	75	799
1946		152	642	85	710
1945		119	686	52	882
1944		120	684	48	933
1943		143	636	49	968
1942		125	671	49	956
1941		83	796	42	1,001
1940		72	846	36	1,106
1939		65	876	35	1,102
1938		55	964	42	991
1937		55	939	31	1,207
1936		32	1,286	35	1,115
1935		32	1,300	29	1,269
1934		38	1,162	32	1,187
1933		29	1,360	34	1,144
1932		23	1,627	24	1,461
1931		28	1,418	24	1,454
1930		15	2,288	11	2,589
1929		20	1,884	15	2,085
1928		17	2,175	26	1,479
1927		9	3,530	28	1,431
1926		11	3,022	26	1,459
1925		13	2,755	25	1,528
1924		10	3,351	19	1,885
1923		11	3,095	39	1,153
1922		15	2,465	29	1,388
1921		6	5,019	28	1,442
1920		< 5	--	19	1,876
1919		5	5,456	34	1,227
1918		5	5,477	25	1,489
1917		< 5	--	24	1,472
1916		< 5	--	31	1,201
1915		< 5	--	30	1,210
1914		< 5	--	16	1,598
1913		< 5	--	16	1,360
1912		5	3,366	9	1,864
1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
1910		< 5	--	< 5	--
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	7	1,197
1907		< 5	--	6	1,322
1906		< 5	--	5	1,392
1905		< 5	--	5	1,401
1904		< 5	--	7	1,047
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	5	1,139
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	6	924
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	5	984
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.