Given name & surname
Shanon
“having ancient wisdom; river name”·“having ancient wisdom”
Shanon is a variant of Shannon. Interpretations include “having ancient wisdom; river name” and “having ancient wisdom”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shanon is a variant of Shannon. Interpretations include “having ancient wisdom; river name” and “having ancient wisdom”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shanon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,549
- 1,732 boys · 4,817 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 374 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 26% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 285 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,601 as a first name in 2020; 138 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shanon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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