first name
SHANON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,601 people named Shanon, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. 78.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Shanon peaked in 1970, when 374 babies got the name.
At least 6,549 babies have been given the name since 1944. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Shanon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,051. The largest share of babies named Shanon, 59.9%, 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. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Shanon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shanon has been most common in California (2.3×), Washington (1.7×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.42×).
2,982 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 Shanon
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shanon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Shanon ranks #129,045 of 156,621, with 138 people. See Shanon as a last name
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