Shanon

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shanon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shanon: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #498, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#498highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1005
1997	#2152
1998	#1480
1999	#928
2000	#1313
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#2436
2004	#1836
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 16 years from 1996 to 2011.

In 2001: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2466 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1005 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2001
Highest recorded position: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2001).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Shanon appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 118 births with the name.

Shanon across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shanon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1005 (1996)	#928 (1999)	#5785 (2011)	13 of 16	118 (1996–2011)	23 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#498 (1998)	#498 (1998)	#606 (2001)	2 of 4	6 (1998–2001)	3 (1998)

Shanon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shanon in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	62	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	53	8 of 10	7
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shanon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Shanon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#928	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2011, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #498, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,785position in 2011, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
23births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Shannon · #2, 53y
Shantel · #512, 19y
Shantelle · #343, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abagail · #498, 8y
Katlin · #498, 13y
Kaytlyn · #498, 15y
Rhiannan · #498, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abagail · #498, 8y
Katlin · #498, 13y
Kaytlyn · #498, 15y
Maariyah · #498, 29y

Shanon was ranked #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shanon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shanon without appearing here.

Shanon moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2002 they stood at #4137 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2436 and #2727.

Moved ahead of Shanon

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2085.
Therese Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2895.
Selma Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1836 and #2112 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #1153.

Moved the opposite way to Shanon

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 while Ada went from #2683 to #386.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 while Alma went from #2096 to #702.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 while Alyssa went from #783 to #160.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 while Amalie went from #2096 to #692.

Moved the same way as Shanon

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #38.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #104.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1665.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Shanon went from #1005 to #5785 and Alex from #161 to #652.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shanon

Shanon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shanon across 2 official records

Shanon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shanon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shanon

Shanon and the names beside it

Shanon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shanon

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Moved the same way as Shanon

Shanon at a glance

Shanon across 2 official records

Shanon by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shanon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shanon

Shanon and the names beside it

Shanon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shanon

Moved the opposite way to Shanon

Moved the same way as Shanon