Shannon*
#110 most common girls' name of all time · #210 across all names · 15% male / 85% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#110
Rank overall
#210 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
348,161
Since 2016
1,874
Peak year
1970 #22
Best rank
#17 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 16,118/yr
Shannon first appears in 1881. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | 41 | 116 | #2,392 |
| 2024 | 107 | 51 | 158 | #1,871 |
| 2023 | 96 | 43 | 139 | #2,036 |
| 2022 | 109 | 42 | 151 | #1,857 |
| 2021 | 122 | 64 | 186 | #1,699 |
| 2020 | 98 | 70 | 168 | #1,950 |
| 2019 | 147 | 69 | 216 | #1,491 |
| 2018 | 148 | 68 | 216 | #1,482 |
| 2017 | 174 | 79 | 253 | #1,334 |
| 2016 | 193 | 78 | 271 | #1,264 |
| 2015 | 249 | 82 | 331 | #1,057 |
| 2014 | 257 | 85 | 342 | #1,015 |
| 2013 | 278 | 97 | 375 | #917 |
| 2012 | 327 | 95 | 422 | #823 |
| 2011 | 394 | 101 | 495 | #705 |
| 2010 | 419 | 95 | 514 | #685 |
| 2009 | 543 | 144 | 687 | #561 |
| 2008 | 657 | 150 | 807 | #482 |
| 2007 | 741 | 162 | 903 | #437 |
| 2006 | 919 | 190 | 1,109 | #356 |
| 2005 | 1,053 | 194 | 1,247 | #303 |
| 2004 | 1,255 | 201 | 1,456 | #256 |
| 2003 | 1,447 | 206 | 1,653 | #227 |
| 2002 | 1,757 | 234 | 1,991 | #184 |
| 2001 | 1,906 | 210 | 2,116 | #171 |
| 2000 | 2,180 | 241 | 2,421 | #152 |
| 1999 | 2,747 | 308 | 3,055 | #118 |
| 1998 | 3,278 | 271 | 3,549 | #104 |
| 1997 | 3,914 | 296 | 4,210 | #85 |
| 1996 | 4,337 | 316 | 4,653 | #80 |
| 1995 | 4,733 | 375 | 5,108 | #73 |
| 1994 | 5,508 | 403 | 5,911 | #60 |
| 1993 | 6,070 | 377 | 6,447 | #53 |
| 1992 | 5,290 | 466 | 5,756 | #66 |
| 1991 | 4,845 | 514 | 5,359 | #71 |
| 1990 | 5,190 | 520 | 5,710 | #68 |
| 1989 | 5,660 | 566 | 6,226 | #61 |
| 1988 | 6,256 | 510 | 6,766 | #56 |
| 1987 | 6,968 | 517 | 7,485 | #45 |
| 1986 | 7,403 | 571 | 7,974 | #44 |
| 1985 | 7,714 | 689 | 8,403 | #41 |
| 1984 | 8,476 | 763 | 9,239 | #37 |
| 1983 | 8,424 | 882 | 9,306 | #38 |
| 1982 | 8,623 | 1,088 | 9,711 | #38 |
| 1981 | 9,226 | 1,205 | 10,431 | #32 |
| 1980 | 9,670 | 1,328 | 10,998 | #29 |
| 1979 | 10,370 | 1,639 | 12,009 | #25 |
| 1978 | 10,598 | 1,849 | 12,447 | #22 |
| 1977 | 12,518 | 2,286 | 14,804 | #19 |
| 1976 | 13,368 | 2,611 | 15,979 | #17 |
| 1975 | 9,370 | 2,530 | 11,900 | #21 |
| 1974 | 10,608 | 2,505 | 13,113 | #18 |
| 1973 | 9,802 | 2,636 | 12,438 | #22 |
| 1972 | 10,965 | 3,014 | 13,979 | #22 |
| 1971 | 12,647 | 3,008 | 15,655 | #21 |
| 1970 | 13,547 | 2,571 | 16,118 | #22 |
| 1969 | 10,452 | 2,373 | 12,825 | #31 |
| 1968 | 6,403 | 1,704 | 8,107 | #53 |
| 1967 | 3,444 | 1,171 | 4,615 | #101 |
| 1966 | 2,990 | 1,157 | 4,147 | #120 |
| 1965 | 2,570 | 938 | 3,508 | #144 |
| 1964 | 2,299 | 758 | 3,057 | #170 |
| 1963 | 2,053 | 626 | 2,679 | #186 |
| 1962 | 1,394 | 502 | 1,896 | #231 |
| 1961 | 1,234 | 336 | 1,570 | #252 |
| 1960 | 1,011 | 286 | 1,297 | #288 |
| 1959 | 1,007 | 300 | 1,307 | #282 |
| 1958 | 824 | 142 | 966 | #324 |
| 1957 | 709 | 160 | 869 | #340 |
| 1956 | 692 | 165 | 857 | #333 |
| 1955 | 643 | 157 | 800 | #336 |
| 1954 | 558 | 124 | 682 | #369 |
| 1953 | 492 | 89 | 581 | #383 |
| 1952 | 419 | 106 | 525 | #412 |
| 1951 | 374 | 109 | 483 | #431 |
| 1950 | 382 | 92 | 474 | #408 |
| 1949 | 267 | 82 | 349 | #495 |
| 1948 | 219 | 78 | 297 | #563 |
| 1947 | 256 | 75 | 331 | #518 |
| 1946 | 152 | 85 | 237 | #643 |
| 1945 | 119 | 52 | 171 | #685 |
| 1944 | 120 | 48 | 168 | #682 |
| 1943 | 143 | 50 | 193 | #635 |
| 1942 | 126 | 49 | 175 | #670 |
| 1941 | 83 | 42 | 125 | #794 |
| 1940 | 72 | 35 | 107 | #844 |
| 1939 | 65 | 35 | 100 | #872 |
| 1938 | 55 | 42 | 97 | #957 |
| 1937 | 55 | 31 | 86 | #932 |
| 1936 | 32 | 35 | 67 | #1,276 |
| 1935 | 32 | 29 | 61 | #1,272 |
| 1934 | 38 | 32 | 70 | #1,156 |
| 1933 | 29 | 34 | 63 | #1,341 |
| 1932 | 23 | 24 | 47 | #1,606 |
| 1931 | 28 | 24 | 52 | #1,400 |
| 1930 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #2,221 |
| 1929 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #1,839 |
| 1928 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #2,113 |
| 1927 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #3,312 |
| 1926 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #2,891 |
| 1925 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #2,652 |
| 1924 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #3,178 |
| 1923 | 11 | 39 | 50 | #2,943 |
| 1922 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #2,406 |
| 1921 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #4,504 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #4,846 |
| 1918 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #4,862 |
| 1917 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1916 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1915 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1913 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #3,022 |
| 1908 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | — |