# Shanon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanon/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,549 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,732 / 4,817 (74% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 118, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 31 | 3,881 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,437 |
| 2001 | 13 | 8,115 |
| 2002 | 18 | 6,347 |
| 2003 | 20 | 6,015 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,561 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,272 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9,811 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,086 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,439 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,347 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,406 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,128 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,224 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,614 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13 | 4,751 |
| 1995 | 11 | 5,447 |
| 1996 | 12 | 5,131 |
| 1997 | 13 | 4,911 |
| 1998 | 17 | 4,171 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,440 |
| 2000 | 13 | 5,534 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4,857 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,538 |
| 2003 | 12 | 6,193 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8,058 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,190 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,833 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,929 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,916 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 20 | 1,005 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,480 |
| 1999 | 23 | 928 |
| 2000 | 14 | 1,313 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,436 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,836 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Shanon

- Shanon Carmelia, Dutch footballer

## 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.