Shanan

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shanan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 372K(measured from records)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 62K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 113K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

893 people, 2020

Sources
221 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shanan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shanan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States8931 in 372K729Shanan221
AU Australia≈230 est.≈1 in 113K1Shanan67
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 583K25Shanan46
CA Canada≈110 est.≈1 in 360K—Shanan33
NZ New Zealand≈79 est.≈1 in 62K10Shanan45
MY Malaysia≈69 est.≈1 in 477K—Shanan7

893 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shanan is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Śhánåń

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Taiwan

    Also written Shan-An

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Shanan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200225#78,618
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shanan a male or female name?
Shanan is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Shanan have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 893 people named Shanan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shanan.
How common is the name Shanan?
In the United States, the national register counted 893 people named Shanan in 2020, about 1 in 372 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shanan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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