Feminine dossier · first seen 1912

Shannon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shannon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

13,547

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1912Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

107

All-time

295,710

Shannon once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 13,547 girls were named Shannon.

In 2024, only 107 girls were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 295,710 Americans have been named Shannon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

197013,547 girls named Shannon

2024107 girls named Shannon

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