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Baby name
Shannon
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85% girls / 15% boys
Origin of the name
Shannon is the name of the longest river in Ireland.
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Where babies named Shannon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Shannon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Shannon is most common in Alaska (1.9 times), Wyoming (1.6) and New Hampshire (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Shannon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Shannon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Shannon is most common in Hawaii (3.5 times), Arkansas (2.3) and Louisiana (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Shanon 1,732
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 8% | 92% |
| 1920s | 31% | 69% |
| 1930s | 56% | 44% |
| 1940s | 72% | 28% |
| 1950s | 81% | 19% |
| 1960s | 77% | 23% |
| 1970s | 82% | 18% |
| 1980s | 91% | 9% |
| 1990s | 92% | 8% |
| 2000s | 87% | 13% |
| 2010s | 75% | 25% |
| 2020s | 66% | 34% |