Shandon
Boy · SHAN-don · Irish
Shandon is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “old fort”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shandon mean?
Irish: from Shandon, Cork, from Irish Seandun
“old fort”
From Shandon, a district of Cork whose name comes from Irish Seandun, meaning old fort.
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- SHAN-don
Is Shandon a girl's or a boy's name?
Shandon is a boys' name.
How popular is Shandon in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Shandon in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shandon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,738 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
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