How Many People Are Named Shannen Doherty?

There are approximately 1 people named Shannen Doherty living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Shannen with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Doherty. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Shannen

Last Name

Doherty

Shannen: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Shannen. The peak year was 1993 with 225 births. The average person named Shannen today is 35 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Shannen

In the 2020 Census, the first name Shannen was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (65.12%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (11.98%) and Hispanic (8.58%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Shannen in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Shannen rose or fell over time.

White

65.12%

Black

11.98%

Hispanic

8.58%

Asian/Pacific Islander

8.39%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.86%

Two or More Races

5.08%

Ancestry of the Doherty Surname

The surname Doherty was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Doherty in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

92.40%

Black

1.12%

Hispanic

2.78%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.88%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.23%

Two or More Races

2.59%

How we calculated this

The first name "Shannen" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Doherty" appears at a rate of 9.00 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Shannen are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Shannen

Shannen Smith Shannen Johnson Shannen Williams Shannen Brown Shannen Jones Shannen Garcia

Other people with the surname Doherty

Michael Doherty James Doherty John Doherty David Doherty Robert Doherty William Doherty

Shannen Doherty: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Shannen Doherty?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Shannen Doherty are alive in the United States today. The first name Shannen is shared by 1,973 Americans, and the surname Doherty is shared by 30,843.

How rare is the name Shannen Doherty?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Shannen is rare and the surname Doherty is uncommon.

Is Shannen a male or female name?

Shannen is predominantly female, with 7.2% of bearers being male and 92.8% female. It peaked in popularity in 1993 and the average bearer today is 35 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Shannen?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Shannen was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (65.12%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (11.98%) and Hispanic (8.58%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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