boys:
292 births since 1981
#4294 (6th percentile)
overall:
292 births since 1981
#7447 (4th percentile)
The name Shahan is the #7,447 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 292 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,294 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 292 births since 1981.
Shahan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for boys in 1981). Birth data for Shahan is available in 31 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Shahan reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #892) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shahan ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 72.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shahan".
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Our model has identified 11 different pronunciations for the name Shahan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.9% confident that Shahan is pronounced as shah-HAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHUH-huhn, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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