Shannah
Shannah is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197851 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1945
- 1,378people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,378 girls have been named Shannah in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 51 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 51 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Shannah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Shannah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Griceldapeak 1983
- Jameepeak 1985
- Erinnpeak 1990
- Kindrapeak 1987
- Kiapeak 1993
- Daciapeak 1977
- Meshapeak 1980
- Shantellpeak 1987
Other spellings in the data
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.