Shannon

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 59% girls / 41% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Shannon is an Irish name, Anglicised from Sionainn. Alternative spellings include Shannen, Shanon, Shannan, and Siannon. The variant Shanna is an Anglicisation of Sionna. Sionainn derives from the Irish name Abha na tSionainn for the River Shannon.

From Wikipedia

Shannon first appears in the data in 1974 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 286 babies (rank #39 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Shannon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Shannon yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

7,858
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
286
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1974106#92
1975137#83
1976163#69
1977207#59
1978168#70
1979198#58
1980249#47
1981217#58
1982197#62
1983167#75
198463#102
198562#102
198685#93
1987159#73
1988163#72
1989191#64
1990199#57
1991175#66
1992224#48
1993286#39
1994192#66
1995243#52
1996253#47
1997240#47
1998207#57
199961#101
200047#110
20162#795
20172#823