Shann — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shann

The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Shann between 1958 and 2006, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shann currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Shann is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 214 additional births since 1950.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shann performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Montana. In total, SSA state-level files list Shann in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 281 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.