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Name Shannon

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From Old Irish words for old, wise and river

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About the name Shannon in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Male and female
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Shannon, Shannen, Brannon, Cannon, Gannon, Hanno, Kannon, Rhiannon, Shanna, Sharon Details

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About Shannon/Shannon, the group of names with the same origin as Shannon

Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin, female:	use of the longest river of Ireland as given name
	not used as a given name in Ireland itself
Words:	sean = old, wise Old Irish
	abhann = the river Old Irish
Topics:	Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	15:Shannon Scotland 1999, 111:Shannon USA 1970-1979, 892:Shannen USA 1993
Name variants:	Shannen, Shannon, Shannon Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Shannon

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 572, 1980-1989 258, 1970-1979 111
USA yearly	Graph	2006 976, 2005 910, 2004 870, 2003 844, 2002 741, 2001 800, 2000 723, 1999 602, 1998 645, 1997 598, 1996 575, 1995 524, 1994 502, 1993 525