first name
SHANNON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 300,975 people named Shannon, 83% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. 87% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shannon peaked in 1970, when 16,118 babies got the name.
At least 348,161 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Shannon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #40. The largest share of babies named Shannon, 52.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shannon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shannon has been most common in Alaska (1.9×), Hawaii (1.6×), and Wyoming (1.5×), and least common in New York (0.71×).
341,263 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Shannon
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shannon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shannon ranks #767 of 156,621, with 44,030 people. See Shannon as a last name
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