# Shannan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shannan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,479 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 317 / 5,162 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 305, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 40 | 3,165 |
| 1999 | 53 | 2,669 |
| 2000 | 29 | 4,276 |
| 2001 | 33 | 3,927 |
| 2002 | 25 | 4,880 |
| 2003 | 18 | 6,533 |
| 2004 | 14 | 8,171 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,793 |
| 2006 | 15 | 8,177 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,684 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,682 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,994 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,659 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,473 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,547 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 21 | 2,193 |
| 1976 | 15 | 2,803 |
| 1977 | 18 | 2,544 |
| 1978 | 24 | 2,059 |
| 1979 | 13 | 3,324 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,808 |
| 1981 | 12 | 3,581 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,194 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,157 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,652 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,315 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,825 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,155 |
| 1994 | 5 | 10,015 |
| 1999 | 5 | 11,339 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 41 | 594 |
| 1997 | 42 | 604 |
| 1998 | 35 | 683 |
| 1999 | 30 | 752 |
| 2000 | 33 | 712 |
| 2001 | 28 | 835 |
| 2002 | 23 | 962 |
| 2003 | 14 | 1,472 |
| 2004 | 14 | 1,535 |
| 2005 | 16 | 1,406 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,660 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.