Shannon
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Shannon
Irish place-name -- it's a river, a town, and an airport -- once popular but now supplanted by such newer immigrants as Saoirse and Seanan.
Shannon for boys#3031 US
The name of the longest river in the British Isles rose to the US Top 25 for girls in the 1970s and the Top 100 for boys, but has fallen off the Top 1000 for both genders. At the latest count, the name Shannon was given to about 200 babies in the US, about a third of those boys. As a favorite Irish name, Shannon has now been supplanted by newcomers such as Saoirse and Seanan.
Pronounced SHAN-un.
As of October 2026, Shannon ranked #2405 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #17 in 1976.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,016 | 257 | #1,778 | 85 |
| 2015 | #1,061 | 249 | #1,824 | 82 |
| 2016 | #1,266 | 193 | #1,900 | 78 |
| 2017 | #1,338 | 174 | #1,868 | 79 |
| 2018 | #1,487 | 148 | #2,096 | 68 |
| 2019 | #1,493 | 147 | #2,105 | 69 |
| 2020 | #1,955 | 98 | #2,042 | 70 |
| 2021 | #1,708 | 122 | #2,216 | 64 |
| 2022 | #1,883 | 108 | #2,991 | 42 |
| 2023 | #2,047 | 96 | #2,991 | 42 |
| 2024 | #1,873 | 107 | #2,618 | 51 |
| 2025 | #2,405 | 75 | #3,031 | 41 |
World rankings
Shannon for girls
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Famous Shannons
- Shannon Ashley "Shay" MitchellGirl
Canadian Model and Actress
- Shannon BeadorGirl
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Orange County")
- Shannon Lee MillerGirl
American Olympic gymnast
- Shannon Elizabeth (Fadal)Girl
American actress
- Shannon Matilda Wells LucidGirl
American biochemist and a NASA astronaut
- Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" SossamonGirl
American actress
- Shannon HaleGirl
American novelist and speaker
- Shannon KleibrinkGirl
Canadian Olympic curler
- Shannon Leigh BoxxGirl
American soccer player
- Shannon Lee TweedGirl
Canadian actress, wife of KISS bassist Gene Simmons
- Shannon (Brenda Greene)Girl
American freestyle pop singer
- Shannon HarrisGirl
New Zealand YouTube star
- Shannon ParryGirl
Australian rugby player
- Shannon Nicole BeveridgeGirl
American YouTuber
- Shannon Marie WoodwardGirl
American actress
- Shannon LynnGirl
Canadian,Scottish football player
- Shannon MilliganGirl
American Model in NYC, Hooters Girl
- Shannon IhrkeGirl
American Model, USMC Vet, Cowgirl
- Shannon MessengerGirl
Author of the Keeper of the Lost Cities and Sky Fall series
- Shannon St. ClairGirl
Contestant on season 3 of Love Island USA
- Shannon LetoBoy
American drummer of band 30 Seconds to Mars, brother of Jared Leto
- Shannon MooreBoy
American professional wrestler.
- Shannon SharpeBoy
American NFL football player.
- Shannon Harold StewartBoy
American baseball player.
- Shannon KookBoy
South African actor.
- Shannon BennettBoy
Australian chef and TV personality
- (Richard) Shannon HoonBoy
American lead singer of band Blind Melon
- Shannon NollBoy
Australian pop singer
- ShannonBoy
Ogbnai Abeda, Eritrean,Canadian skier
- Shannon BirchallBoy
Australian musician of the John Butler Trio
- Shannon BriggsBoy
American boxer
- Shannon BoydBoy
Australian rugby leaguer
- Shannon Bruce SnaithBoy
birth name of Shane West, American actor
- Noah Shannon GreenBoy
son of actress Megan Fox.
Shannon in pop culture
- Shannon ChristieGirl
character in movie "Far and Away"
- Shannon MitchellGirl
character on TV's "ER"
- Shannon Fielding GibbsGirl
late wife of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on TV's "NCIS"
- Shannon Louise "Lolly" AllenGirl
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Shannon KellyGirl
from "Wolfblood"
- Shannon RutherfordGirl
main character in the early seasons of the NBC drama "Lost"
- ShannonGirl
main character and heroine of the 'Partholon series' (PC Cast)
- Shannon LonghannonGirl
character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
- Shannon HaleGirl
main character in novel series "Real Friends"
- Lawrence ShannonBoy
protagonist of Tennesse Williams' "Night of the Iguana"
- ShannonBoy
character in movie "Reality High"