Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Shannon (girls)

262,832 all-time US births Peaked 1970 with 13,547 births (rank #22)

California →

27,665 births · 10.5%

16,370 births · 6.2%

14,244 births · 5.4%

13,728 births · 5.2%

12,598 births · 4.8%

12,022 births · 4.6%

11,728 births · 4.5%

11,667 births · 4.4%

8,149 births · 3.1%

8,006 births · 3%

7,695 births · 2.9%

7,286 births · 2.8%

7,100 births · 2.7%

6,584 births · 2.5%

6,327 births · 2.4%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Shannon (girls)

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