SHANNON is ranked as the 236th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 280,557.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 87.99 people named SHANNON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 84% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SHANNON is 332,359.
The SSA data also shows that SHANNON is used as a girl's name 86% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SHANNON is
79.4% White,
4.2% Hispanic origin,
13.0% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SHANNON have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SHANNON is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Irish unisex given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Anglicised Irish surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SHANNON
The state with the most people named
SHANNON is
California where
29,894 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SHANNON, as
180.74 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SHANNON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,045
39.17
99.2%
Indiana
4,857
73.63
99.1%
Iowa
3,206
103.18
99.1%
Kansas
1,709
58.84
97.8%
Michigan
11,613
117.19
99.8%
Minnesota
6,720
123.15
99.5%
Missouri
1,968
65.72
98.4%
Nebraska
1,032
54.82
97.0%
North Dakota
450
60.9
93.8%
Ohio
6,787
58.54
99.2%
South Dakota
327
38.35
92.0%
Wisconsin
5,615
97.52
99.4%
West States
State stats for the first name SHANNON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
478
64.86
93.9%
Arizona
3,799
56.43
98.7%
California
29,894
77.04
99.8%
Colorado
3,822
71.37
98.9%
Hawaii
1,752
123.42
99.2%
Idaho
1,117
68.31
97.3%
Montana
643
62.84
95.5%
Nevada
2,100
73.98
98.5%
New Mexico
1,064
51.01
96.6%
Oregon
3,105
78.21
98.8%
Utah
1,872
63.6
98.1%
Washington
10,785
152.74
99.7%
Wyoming
382
65.45
93.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SHANNON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
4,809
133.72
99.4%
Maine
2,404
180.74
98.5%
Massachusetts
8,916
132.17
99.5%
New Hampshire
2,261
170.42
98.6%
New Jersey
8,350
93.42
99.5%
New York
12,932
65.49
99.7%
Pennsylvania
6,268
49.01
99.3%
Rhode Island
1,850
175.35
98.8%
Vermont
419
66.94
96.3%
South States
State stats for the first name SHANNON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SHANNON as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SHANNON.
The most popular full name is SHANNON Smith.
1.19% of all the people named SHANNON
have this family name.
There are 21918 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SHANNON