Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shannah

#5,701 most common girls' name of all time · #9,659 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1945–2014

Rank among girls
#5,701
Rank overall
#9,659 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,378
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #1,925
Best rank
#1,925 1978
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
196019802000

Shannah first appears in 1945. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2014 7 — 7 #13,256
2013 8 — 8 #12,134
2012 5 — 5 #17,137
2011 5 — 5 #17,102
2009 8 — 8 #12,587
2008 16 — 16 #7,811
2007 14 — 14 #8,613
2006 10 — 10 #10,725
2005 19 — 19 #6,305
2004 8 — 8 #11,801
2003 18 — 18 #6,355
2002 19 — 19 #5,944
2001 26 — 26 #4,591
2000 24 — 24 #4,849
1999 31 — 31 #3,825
1998 28 — 28 #4,052
1997 19 — 19 #5,275
1996 31 — 31 #3,590
1995 35 — 35 #3,249
1994 42 — 42 #2,856
1993 45 — 45 #2,691
1992 33 — 33 #3,373
1991 36 — 36 #3,114
1990 41 — 41 #2,822
1989 26 — 26 #3,831
1988 36 — 36 #2,896
1987 43 — 43 #2,411
1986 34 — 34 #2,802
1985 36 — 36 #2,675
1984 36 — 36 #2,590
1983 39 — 39 #2,418
1982 40 — 40 #2,426
1981 46 — 46 #2,214
1980 46 — 46 #2,202
1979 48 — 48 #2,099
1978 51 — 51 #1,925
1977 47 — 47 #2,045
1976 33 — 33 #2,463
1975 30 — 30 #2,592
1974 24 — 24 #2,962
1973 29 — 29 #2,535
1972 24 — 24 #2,866
1971 30 — 30 #2,515
1970 30 — 30 #2,500
1969 33 — 33 #2,240
1968 15 — 15 #3,539
1967 14 — 14 #3,585
1966 8 — 8 #5,089
1965 5 — 5 #6,981
1964 5 — 5 #7,254
1963 9 — 9 #4,744
1962 6 — 6 #6,243
1961 11 — 11 #4,165
1958 5 — 5 #6,608
1957 5 — 5 #6,638
1945 6 — 6 #4,545