Shanon
Shanon is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Shanon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shanon is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Shanon
As a girl name
Shanon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1944, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 285 births, good for #609 nationwide. About 43% of every Shanon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Shanon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Shanon on the record books as a boy name in 1952, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 100 Shanons were born — ranking #831 that year. About 49% of every Shanon on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Shanon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Shanon
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Names that sound like Shanon
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About the name Shanon
Shanon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Shanon's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #609. Use the chart and map above to compare Shanon'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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