Shandon
The Story of Shandon
As a girl name
American parents first put Shandon on the record books as a girl name in 1965, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 12 Shandons were born — ranking #7,532 that year. About 40% of every Shandon on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shandon last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 184 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shandon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1966, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 58 births, good for #1,741 nationwide. About 32% of every Shandon on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Shandon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 748 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shandon
Shandon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 748 births in the dataset. Shandon's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #1,741. Use the chart and map above to compare Shandon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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