Cannon
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #721 for boys in 2025, 374 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 581 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,978since 1904
Cannon over time
Rank among boys' names. Cannon has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #721 | 374 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #763 | 332 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #640 | 431 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #600 | 469 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #506 | 581 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #542 | 522 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #508 | 565 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #539 | 521 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #550 | 505 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #543 | 531 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #585 | 473 |
| 2014 | — | #543 | 509 | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #542 | 491 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #530 | 492 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #519 | 493 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #600 | 414 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #623 | 400 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #638 | 385 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #728 | 315 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #788 | 263 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #772 | 257 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #835 | 213 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #884 | 191 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,115 | 130 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,114 | 127 |
| 2000 | — | #1,162 | 119 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,283 | 95 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,406 | 81 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,468 | 73 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,368 | 78 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,666 | 54 |
| 1994 | — | #1,564 | 59 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,966 | 21 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
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| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Cannon! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cannon is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#255 · 1 in 1,010
- Tennessee#259 · 1 in 1,002
- Kentucky#281 · 1 in 1,155
- Virginia#282 · 1 in 1,208
- South Carolina#299 · 1 in 1,250
Best ever in a state: #171 in Mississippi, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #255 | 12 | 1 in 1,010 |
| Tennessee | #259 | 34 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 17 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Virginia | #282 | 32 | 1 in 1,208 |
| South Carolina | #299 | 16 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Alabama | #310 | 17 | 1 in 1,280 |
| Arkansas | #334 | 10 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Idaho | #343 | 6 | 1 in 1,290 |
| Louisiana | #346 | 15 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Kansas | #357 | 9 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Georgia | #391 | 26 | 1 in 1,934 |
| North Carolina | #428 | 22 | 1 in 2,225 |
| Missouri | #432 | 13 | 1 in 2,192 |
| Texas | #441 | 71 | 1 in 2,384 |
| Utah | #442 | 10 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Nevada | #494 | 5 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Oklahoma | #502 | 8 | 1 in 2,218 |
| Pennsylvania | #542 | 16 | 1 in 3,375 |
| Maryland | #579 | 8 | 1 in 3,133 |
| Indiana | #583 | 10 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Oregon | #585 | 5 | 1 in 3,096 |
| Michigan | #592 | 13 | 1 in 3,286 |
| Florida | #603 | 24 | 1 in 3,759 |
| Wisconsin | #616 | 7 | 1 in 3,420 |
| Ohio | #636 | 14 | 1 in 3,892 |
| Washington | #700 | 8 | 1 in 4,146 |
| Colorado | #715 | 6 | 1 in 4,184 |
| Arizona | #716 | 7 | 1 in 4,566 |
| California | #738 | 34 | 1 in 5,577 |
| New Jersey | #800 | 7 | 1 in 5,617 |
| Illinois | #944 | 8 | 1 in 6,831 |
| New York | #1,282 | 8 | 1 in 10,956 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cannon
- 42 spots since 2024 (#763 → #721)
- 179 spots since 2020 (#542 → #721)
- 136 spots since 2015 (#585 → #721)
- Biggest jump: 231 spots in 2003 (#1,115 → #884)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2024 (#640 → #763)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 2021 at #506 (581 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,011 boys born in 2021 were named Cannon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,567 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 45.5% of all boys named Cannon (4,994) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,064 |
| 1910s | 17 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,787 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,139 (1926) | #3,786 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,021 (1950) | #3,223 |
| 1960s | 22 | #2,549 (1969) | #3,573 |
| 1970s | 124 | #1,966 (1972) | #3,211 |
| 1980s | 127 | #2,956 (1984) | #3,571 |
| 1990s | 536 | #1,283 (1999) | #1,999 |
| 2000s | 2,400 | #623 (2009) | #866 |
| 2010s | 4,994 | #508 (2019) | #546 |
| 2020s | 2,709 | #506 (2021) | #629 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cannon in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 107,770 of them was named Cannon, which outranked 58.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,923Zilah16
- #6,923Zionna16
- #6,923Zyon16
- #7,212Cannon15
- #7,212Aafiya15
- #7,212Aalyah15
- #7,212Aanshi15
- #7,559Aarushi14
- #7,559Ace14
- #7,559Adaia14
Tied with 346 names at #7,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 3,307 of them was named Cannon, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #537Kannon526
- #540Bo525
- #541Rowen524
- #542Cannon522
- #542Julio522
- #542Santana522
- #545Nikolai521
- #545Wells521
- #547Jalen520
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.