Shannon
11
Peak · 1996
2019
Last seen
15
Years on list
78
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Shannon
Shannon is a rare UK boy's name. In 2024, fewer than three boys were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2019.
Shannon reached its peak in 1996, when 11 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,168 for UK boys that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 15 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 78 boys have been officially registered with the name Shannon in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 6 boys were registered with the name.