Shannah is a rare variant of Shawna that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shannah is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Shannah was first reported in SSA data in 1945 and peaked in 1978 (51 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | #14,337 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,979 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #19,127 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #19,130 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #13,500 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #8,053 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,934 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | #11,292 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | #6,496 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #12,570 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #6,532 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #6,089 |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | #4,666 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #4,954 |
| 1999 | 31 | 31 | #3,880 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | #4,124 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #5,378 |
| 1996 | 31 | — | #3,617 |
| 1995 | 35 | — | #3,277 |
| 1994 | 42 | — | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 45 | — | #2,713 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #3,399 |
| 1991 | 36 | — | #3,146 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #2,842 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,880 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | #2,922 |
| 1987 | 43 | — | #2,429 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | #2,834 |
| 1985 | 36 | — | #2,694 |
| 1984 | 36 | — | #2,616 |
| 1983 | 39 | — | #2,422 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | #2,442 |
| 1981 | 46 | — | #2,223 |
| 1980 | 46 | — | #2,211 |
| 1979 | 48 | — | #2,107 |
| 1978 | 51 | — | #1,932 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | #2,055 |
| 1976 | 33 | — | #2,474 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | #2,603 |
| 1974 | 24 | — | #2,989 |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,554 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #2,887 |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #2,529 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | #2,507 |
| 1969 | 33 | — | #2,243 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #3,577 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #3,616 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,197 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #7,336 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,625 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,840 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,448 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #4,192 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,857 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #6,872 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,471 |