Is Shannon a boy or girl name?
Shannon is used for both, more often for girls in the US. In 2024, 107 girls and 51 boys were named Shannon, so 67.7% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 85% of the 348,046 US babies named Shannon were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,618
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,873
- Babies named Shannon since 1881
- 348,046
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 16,118 babies
Boys and girls named Shannon, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 185 | 15 | 7.5% |
| 1920s | 254 | 112 | 30.6% |
| 1930s | 297 | 372 | 55.6% |
| 1940s | 596 | 1,557 | 72.3% |
| 1950s | 1,444 | 6,100 | 80.9% |
| 1960s | 9,851 | 33,852 | 77.5% |
| 1970s | 24,648 | 113,798 | 82.2% |
| 1980s | 8,119 | 78,421 | 90.6% |
| 1990s | 3,846 | 45,909 | 92.3% |
| 2000s | 1,932 | 12,458 | 86.6% |
| 2010s | 849 | 2,585 | 75.3% |
| 2020s | 269 | 531 | 66.4% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51 | #2,618 | 107 | #1,873 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,991 | 96 | #2,047 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,991 | 108 | #1,883 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,216 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,042 | 98 | #1,955 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,105 | 147 | #1,493 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,096 | 148 | #1,487 |
| 2017 | 79 | #1,868 | 174 | #1,338 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,900 | 193 | #1,266 |
| 2015 | 82 | #1,824 | 249 | #1,061 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,778 | 257 | #1,016 |
| 2013 | 97 | #1,600 | 278 | #917 |
| 2012 | 95 | #1,633 | 327 | #825 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,563 | 394 | #707 |
| 2010 | 95 | #1,650 | 418 | #686 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,248 | 543 | #562 |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,186 | 657 | #482 |
| 2007 | 162 | #1,119 | 741 | #437 |
| 2006 | 190 | #979 | 919 | #357 |
| 2005 | 194 | #913 | 1,053 | #303 |
| 2004 | 201 | #873 | 1,255 | #256 |
| 2003 | 206 | #844 | 1,447 | #227 |
| 2002 | 234 | #744 | 1,757 | #184 |
| 2001 | 210 | #801 | 1,906 | #171 |
| 2000 | 241 | #723 | 2,180 | #152 |
| 1999 | 308 | #602 | 2,747 | #118 |
| 1998 | 271 | #646 | 3,278 | #104 |
| 1997 | 296 | #598 | 3,914 | #85 |
| 1996 | 316 | #577 | 4,337 | #80 |
| 1995 | 375 | #524 | 4,733 | #73 |
| 1994 | 403 | #505 | 5,508 | #60 |
| 1993 | 377 | #528 | 6,069 | #53 |
| 1992 | 466 | #465 | 5,290 | #66 |
| 1991 | 514 | #435 | 4,844 | #71 |
| 1990 | 520 | #429 | 5,189 | #68 |
| 1989 | 566 | #389 | 5,660 | #61 |
| 1988 | 510 | #387 | 6,255 | #56 |
| 1987 | 517 | #373 | 6,968 | #45 |
| 1986 | 571 | #337 | 7,403 | #44 |
| 1985 | 689 | #295 | 7,714 | #41 |
| 1984 | 763 | #274 | 8,476 | #37 |
| 1983 | 882 | #246 | 8,425 | #38 |
| 1982 | 1,088 | #220 | 8,623 | #38 |
| 1981 | 1,205 | #207 | 9,227 | #32 |
| 1980 | 1,328 | #184 | 9,670 | #29 |
| 1979 | 1,639 | #158 | 10,370 | #25 |
| 1978 | 1,849 | #143 | 10,599 | #22 |
| 1977 | 2,286 | #120 | 12,519 | #19 |
| 1976 | 2,611 | #98 | 13,369 | #17 |
| 1975 | 2,530 | #101 | 9,370 | #21 |
| 1974 | 2,505 | #101 | 10,608 | #18 |
| 1973 | 2,636 | #100 | 9,803 | #22 |
| 1972 | 3,013 | #94 | 10,966 | #22 |
| 1971 | 3,008 | #106 | 12,647 | #21 |
| 1970 | 2,571 | #128 | 13,547 | #22 |
| 1969 | 2,373 | #129 | 10,452 | #31 |
| 1968 | 1,704 | #159 | 6,402 | #53 |
| 1967 | 1,171 | #198 | 3,445 | #101 |
| 1966 | 1,157 | #204 | 2,991 | #120 |
| 1965 | 938 | #243 | 2,570 | #144 |
| 1964 | 758 | #281 | 2,299 | #170 |
| 1963 | 626 | #318 | 2,053 | #186 |
| 1962 | 503 | #350 | 1,394 | #231 |
| 1961 | 335 | #436 | 1,234 | #252 |
| 1960 | 286 | #469 | 1,012 | #288 |
| 1959 | 300 | #459 | 1,007 | #282 |
| 1958 | 142 | #647 | 824 | #325 |
| 1957 | 160 | #607 | 709 | #340 |
| 1956 | 165 | #592 | 692 | #332 |
| 1955 | 157 | #586 | 643 | #336 |
| 1954 | 124 | #654 | 558 | #369 |
| 1953 | 89 | #756 | 492 | #384 |
| 1952 | 106 | #676 | 419 | #412 |
| 1951 | 109 | #671 | 374 | #431 |
| 1950 | 92 | #717 | 382 | #408 |
| 1949 | 82 | #763 | 267 | #496 |
| 1948 | 78 | #770 | 219 | #563 |
| 1947 | 75 | #799 | 256 | #519 |
| 1946 | 85 | #710 | 152 | #642 |
| 1945 | 52 | #882 | 119 | #686 |
| 1944 | 48 | #933 | 120 | #684 |
| 1943 | 50 | #949 | 143 | #636 |
| 1942 | 49 | #956 | 126 | #671 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,001 | 83 | #796 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,129 | 72 | #846 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,101 | 65 | #875 |
| 1938 | 42 | #990 | 55 | #964 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,207 | 55 | #939 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,115 | 32 | #1,289 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,270 | 32 | #1,300 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,187 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,143 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,460 | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,454 | 28 | #1,418 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,587 | 15 | #2,289 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,083 | 20 | #1,883 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,479 | 17 | #2,176 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,431 | 9 | #3,530 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,459 | 11 | #3,022 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,528 | 13 | #2,755 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,885 | 10 | #3,351 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,153 | 11 | #3,095 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,388 | 15 | #2,466 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,442 | 6 | #5,019 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,876 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,227 | 5 | #5,456 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,489 | 5 | #5,477 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,472 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,201 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,210 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,598 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,360 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,864 | 5 | #3,366 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,197 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,322 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,392 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,401 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,047 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,139 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #924 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #983 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Shannon reached #94 in 1972. As a girl name, it reached #17 in 1976. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1970s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Shannon
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.