Shannan*
#2,343 most common girls' name of all time · #3,990 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1950–2012 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,343
Rank overall
#3,990 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
5,479
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #613
Best rank
#588 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 305/yr
Shannan first appears in 1950. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,249 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,064 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,239 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,935 |
| 2008 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,204 |
| 2007 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,473 |
| 2006 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,941 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,424 |
| 2004 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,933 |
| 2003 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,366 |
| 2002 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,801 |
| 2001 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,893 |
| 2000 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,214 |
| 1999 | 53 | 5 | 58 | #2,648 |
| 1998 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,133 |
| 1997 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,337 |
| 1996 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,528 |
| 1995 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,087 |
| 1994 | 85 | 5 | 90 | #1,733 |
| 1993 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,620 |
| 1992 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,678 |
| 1991 | 73 | 7 | 80 | #1,922 |
| 1990 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,113 |
| 1989 | 86 | 7 | 93 | #1,624 |
| 1988 | 67 | 7 | 74 | #1,849 |
| 1987 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,394 |
| 1986 | 81 | 5 | 86 | #1,522 |
| 1985 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,102 |
| 1984 | 125 | 5 | 130 | #1,111 |
| 1983 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,125 |
| 1982 | 159 | 10 | 169 | #941 |
| 1981 | 150 | 12 | 162 | #980 |
| 1980 | 187 | 11 | 198 | #839 |
| 1979 | 203 | 13 | 216 | #784 |
| 1978 | 196 | 24 | 220 | #781 |
| 1977 | 219 | 18 | 237 | #708 |
| 1976 | 234 | 15 | 249 | #657 |
| 1975 | 172 | 21 | 193 | #802 |
| 1974 | 164 | 24 | 188 | #821 |
| 1973 | 188 | 15 | 203 | #744 |
| 1972 | 237 | 20 | 257 | #644 |
| 1971 | 265 | 19 | 284 | #628 |
| 1970 | 283 | 22 | 305 | #613 |
| 1969 | 284 | 13 | 297 | #588 |
| 1968 | 160 | 11 | 171 | #793 |
| 1967 | 89 | 9 | 98 | #1,118 |
| 1966 | 80 | 7 | 87 | #1,208 |
| 1965 | 59 | 6 | 65 | #1,447 |
| 1964 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,729 |
| 1963 | 50 | 6 | 56 | #1,621 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,600 |
| 1961 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,002 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,811 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,092 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,220 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,292 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,179 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,704 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,400 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,488 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,075 |