Shannyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shannyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 527 babies named Shannyn between 1966 and 2015, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shannyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shannyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shannyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Shannyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shannyn 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 527 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.