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Is Shannon a Male or Female Name?

Shannon is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shannon globally is 9.7% males and 90.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 36.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Ireland with 97.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shannon in percentages: Globally: 9.7% males, 90.3% females, United States: 11.7% males, 88.3% females, United Kingdom: 2.5% males, 97.5% females, Canada: 7.1% males, 92.9% females, Australia: 36.9% males, 63.1% females, South Africa: 22.8% males, 77.2% females, Ireland: 2.3% males, 97.7% females, Netherlands: 7.9% males, 92.1% females, France: 6.9% males, 93.1% females, New Zealand: 31.0% males, 69.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shannon are 45-54 years old, making up 25.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shannon in each age group: 18-24: 8.9%, 25-34: 23.7%, 35-44: 10.2%, 45-54: 25.8%, 55-64: 19.3%, 65+: 12.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shannon is United States with 0.1268% of the population. Following is Canada and Australia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shannon measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shannon year over year: 1956: 0.0063‰, 1957: 0.0068‰, 1958: 0.0063‰, 1959: 0.0067‰, 1960: 0.0048‰, 1961: 0.006‰, 1962: 0.0072‰, 1963: 0.009‰, 1964: 0.0088‰, 1965: 0.0093‰, 1966: 0.0122‰, 1967: 0.0112‰, 1968: 0.0161‰, 1969: 0.0235‰, 1970: 0.0192‰, 1971: 0.0238‰, 1972: 0.0194‰, 1973: 0.0172‰, 1974: 0.0163‰, 1975: 0.0123‰, 1976: 0.0184‰, 1977: 0.0142‰, 1978: 0.0116‰, 1979: 0.0119‰, 1980: 0.0077‰, 1981: 0.0081‰, 1982: 0.0077‰, 1983: 0.0069‰, 1984: 0.0063‰, 1985: 0.0059‰, 1986: 0.0058‰, 1987: 0.0054‰, 1988: 0.0047‰, 1989: 0.0049‰, 1990: 0.0066‰, 1991: 0.0099‰, 1992: 0.0149‰, 1993: 0.0198‰, 1994: 0.022‰, 1995: 0.0289‰, 1996: 0.0279‰, 1997: 0.0258‰, 1998: 0.017‰, 1999: 0.0099‰, 2000: 0.0059‰

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