girls:
1.9k births since 1961
#3884 (32nd percentile)
boys:
150 births since 1966
#4436 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1961
#5711 (26th percentile)
The name Shannen is the #5,711 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,071 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 26.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,884 (32.0% percentile) for all time with 1,921 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,436 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 150 births since 1966.
Shannen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1966 for boys). Birth data for Shannen is available in 51 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 25 years for boys). 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.
The name Shannen has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shannen reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 24.4% percentile (ranked #654) with 110 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 110 births per million (ranked 24.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shannen ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 2.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shannen reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #755) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shannen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shannen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.6% confident that Shannen is pronounced as SHA-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-NUHN, at 9.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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