Meaning and history
Shannon is a name derived from the River Shannon, Ireland’s longest river, known in Irish as an tSionainn. It is linked to the legendary figure Sionann and is sometimes said to have been named after her, though it is more likely that she was named for the river, whose name may be related to Old Irish sen meaning “old” or “ancient.” As a given name, Shannon began to become common in America after the 1940s.
20062006: 919 births, rank #356
2007: 741 births, rank #437
2008: 657 births, rank #482
2009: 543 births, rank #561
2010: 419 births, rank #685
20112011: 394 births, rank #705
2012: 327 births, rank #823
2013: 278 births, rank #917
2014: 257 births, rank #1,015
2015: 249 births, rank #1,055
20162016: 193 births, rank #1,264
2017: 174 births, rank #1,334
2018: 148 births, rank #1,482
2019: 147 births, rank #1,490
2020: 98 births, rank #1,948
20212021: 122 births, rank #1,698
2022: 109 births, rank #1,856
2023: 96 births, rank #2,033
2024: 107 births, rank #1,870
20252025: 75 births, rank #2,387
Shannon moved from #825 to #917 for girls between 2012 and 2013. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 13,547 births.