Shannen
Shannen is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 894th, in 1993.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1993216 births
- Best rank
- #894in 1993
- Since 1961
- 2,071people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,921 girls have been named Shannen in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 216 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 216 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 51%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 150 boys have also been given it, 7.2% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1993, its biggest year
Shannen was the 894th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.
Names that rose and fell with Shannen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Miriahpeak 1991
- Shaniquepeak 1992
- Kirstipeak 1991
- Kelceypeak 1993
- Kaneishapeak 1990
- Ieshapeak 1991
- Sineadpeak 1990
- Kirstiepeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.