girls:
91 births since 1985
#5625 (2nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1991
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
96 births since 1985
#7643 (1st percentile)
The name Shaughnessy is the #7,643 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 96 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,625 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1991.
Shaughnessy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Shaughnessy is available in 15 out of the 25 years between 1985 and 2009 (14 years for girls and 1 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 Shaughnessy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shaughnessy reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #857) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
For boys, Shaughnessy reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaughnessy".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Shaughnessy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.8% confident that Shaughnessy is pronounced as SHAW-nuh-see, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAW-nih-see, at 15.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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