Given name & surname
Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy is a surname from Irish. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shaughnessy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 5 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 as a first name in 2020; 6,002 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.
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