Feminine dossier · first seen 1961

Shannen

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1993

Peak era

1993

Peak births

216

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Millennial

1961Peak 19932025

Quick answers about Shannen

An estimated 1,872 living Americans are named Shannen.

Shannen fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Shannen is approximately 33 years, with most bearers falling between 29 and 39 years old.

Not especially. Shannen has been declining since its 1993 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1993

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,921

Shannen fell hard after 1993. Within five years it had dropped 76% from its peak — one of the steepest post-peak collapses on record.

Shannen peaked in 1993, when 216 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,921 Americans named Shannen since 1961.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1993

Living profile

1,872

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age33

Core range29–39

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.