Shanyn is a very rare variant of Shannon that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Shanyn is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2002. Shanyn was first reported in SSA data in 1964 and peaked in 1993 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | #10,114 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #13,240 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #12,462 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #15,729 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #10,392 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,642 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,477 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,904 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,368 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,851 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,536 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #7,253 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #12,461 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #8,178 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #10,150 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,716 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #10,129 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #6,090 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,309 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,776 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,489 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #7,014 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | #6,151 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #4,315 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,447 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,495 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,212 |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,381 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,874 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,644 |