as a First Name
From the name of a river in Ireland. It is not clear why it has become so popular as a given name; compare Clodagh. In part it may also be a transferred use of the Irish surname, Gaelic Ó Seanáin ‘descendant of Seanán’ (a diminutive of Seán). Shannon is not found as a traditional given name in Ireland itself.
| 132nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 412,010
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Shannon per capita
- 1976
- marked the height of its popularity
86%
14%
1%
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63%
30-54
30-54
25%
13-29
13-29
10%
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