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.

Shannen*

#4,379 most common girls' name of all time · #7,455 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1961–2023 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,379
Rank overall
#7,455 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,071
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1993 #894
Best rank
#894 1993
Girls Boys peak 225/yr
198020002020

Shannen first appears in 1961. 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
2023 5 — 5 #15,598
2016 6 — 6 #14,644
2012 11 5 16 #9,857
2011 6 — 6 #15,124
2010 6 — 6 #15,301
2009 13 — 13 #8,992
2008 13 5 18 #9,074
2007 16 — 16 #7,822
2006 35 7 42 #4,198
2005 34 5 39 #4,150
2004 47 7 54 #3,241
2003 46 — 46 #3,204
2002 25 — 25 #4,813
2001 29 — 29 #4,250
2000 53 5 58 #2,756
1999 46 — 46 #2,912
1998 52 — 52 #2,627
1997 32 — 32 #3,583
1996 60 6 66 #2,244
1995 100 — 100 #1,538
1994 163 9 172 #1,104
1993 216 9 225 #894
1992 179 5 184 #1,039
1991 111 10 121 #1,440
1990 20 — 20 #4,781
1989 19 — 19 #4,749
1988 56 5 61 #2,081
1987 45 5 50 #2,352
1986 24 — 24 #3,610
1985 29 — 29 #3,131
1984 18 — 18 #4,252
1983 18 5 23 #4,213
1982 22 — 22 #3,729
1981 18 — 18 #4,261
1980 20 — 20 #3,932
1979 14 5 19 #4,971
1978 15 — 15 #4,578
1977 36 5 41 #2,447
1976 24 5 29 #3,064
1975 21 5 26 #3,368
1974 22 — 22 #3,183
1973 25 7 32 #2,807
1972 23 6 29 #2,963
1971 29 8 37 #2,586
1970 42 — 42 #2,013
1969 24 6 30 #2,763
1968 22 5 27 #2,786
1967 6 5 11 #6,590
1966 14 5 19 #3,548
1964 5 — 5 #7,550
1961 6 — 6 #6,553