girl's name

Shannen

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 3,166

Northern Ireland

#326

2003 births

Shannen is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1993, when 225 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1961.

Shannen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

1,018
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shannen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 98
1970s 292
1980s 284
1990s 1,018
2000s 340
2010s 34
2020s (to 2023) 5

How popular is Shannen?

In 2023, Shannen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shannen is used

Northern Ireland #326 4 in 2003
Scotland #859 3 in 2005
Ireland #946 3 in 2006
Canada #3,723 5 in 2012
England & Wales #4,476 5 in 2008
France #7,666 5 in 2018
United States #17,409 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shannen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shannen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shannen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shannen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shannen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shannen

How popular is the name Shannen?

In 2023, Shannen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shannen a girl's or a boy's name?

Shannen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shannen most popular?

Shannen peaked in 1993, when 225 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.