# Shannon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shannon/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃænən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 348,161 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,379 / 295,782 (85% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25,598, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Sionainn.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 394 | 707 |
| 2012 | 327 | 825 |
| 2013 | 278 | 917 |
| 2014 | 257 | 1,017 |
| 2015 | 249 | 1,063 |
| 2016 | 193 | 1,266 |
| 2017 | 174 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 148 | 1,487 |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,493 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,956 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,708 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,867 |
| 2023 | 96 | 2,047 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,883 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,405 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,564 |
| 2012 | 95 | 1,633 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,601 |
| 2014 | 85 | 1,778 |
| 2015 | 82 | 1,824 |
| 2016 | 78 | 1,900 |
| 2017 | 79 | 1,869 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,098 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,106 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,044 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,218 |
| 2022 | 42 | 2,992 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,941 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,627 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,031 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 137 | 348 |
| 2012 | 124 | 379 |
| 2013 | 79 | 528 |
| 2014 | 77 | 547 |
| 2015 | 55 | 722 |
| 2016 | 45 | 837 |
| 2017 | 41 | 915 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,436 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 11 | 1,168 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 1998 | 7 | 1,642 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2000 | 7 | 1,703 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,467 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 香農河 /香农河
- Irish: An tSionainn
- Russian: Ше́ннон

## People named Shannon

- Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut
- Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- Shannon Leto, American drummer
- Shannon Lee, American actress
- Shannon Walker, American scientist and NASA astronaut
- Shannon Boxx, American soccer player
- Shannon Miller, American artistic gymnast (born 1977)
- Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model (born 1957)
- Shannon Purser, American actress
- Shannon Brown, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Shannon Lucio, American actress
- Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter

## 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.