Gannon

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2014 · 751 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,677
since 1966

Gannon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gannon has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #414, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,20764
2024—#1,86286
2023—#1,71897
2022—#1,308144
2021—#1,067200
2020—#1,027201
2019—#1,074189
2018—#884247
2017—#776302
2016—#707346
2015#16,4195#532535
2014—#414751
2013—#841254
2012—#1,074174
2011—#1,440114
2010—#1,358125
2009—#1,160156
2008—#1,031184
2007—#1,017187
2006—#896217
2005—#917192
2004—#865203
2003—#684283
2002—#959167
2001—#1,100129
2000—#1,096128
1999—#1,194107
1998—#1,092118
1997—#1,48072
1996—#1,43472
1995—#1,58858
1994—#1,58158
1993—#2,00740
1992—#2,08537
1991—#2,05236
1990—#1,80943
1989—#3,09419
1988—#2,96118
1987—#3,95911
1986—#2,60120
1985—#3,21614
1984—#2,70617
1983—#2,27222
1982—#2,83116
1981—#4,5098
1980—#3,43012
1979—#3,16813
1978—#2,92914
1977—#4,1648
1976—#3,47110
1975—#3,6599
1974—#3,31810
1973—#2,31117
1972—#1,60329
1971—#1,27243
1970—#1,69926
1969—#3,3148
1968—#3,3657
1967—#3,9665
1966—#3,9485
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Gannon! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Gannon is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNHWashington: #858 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,926 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #446 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,256 boysMNIllinois: #596 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,643 boysILWisconsin: #673 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,332 boysWIMichigan: #702 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,642 boysMINew York: #1,047 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,869 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #464 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,461 boysINOhio: #522 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 3,242 boysOHPennsylvania: #470 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,910 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,725 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 23,968 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #492 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,782 boysMOKentucky: #360 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,803 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #963 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,150 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedDEArizona: #713 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,947 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedNMKansas: #551 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,009 boysKSArkansas: #482 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,286 boysARTennessee: #681 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,534 boysTNNorth Carolina: #603 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,948 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #526 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,651 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedALGeorgia: #532 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,158 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Gannon, so not publishedHITexas: #1,043 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,787 boysTXFlorida: #1,077 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,667 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#360 · 1 in 1,803
  2. Minnesota#446 · 1 in 2,256
  3. Indiana#464 · 1 in 2,461
  4. Pennsylvania#470 · 1 in 2,910
  5. Arkansas#482 · 1 in 2,286

Best ever in a state: #163 in West Virginia, 2015.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#360121 in 1,803
Minnesota#446121 in 2,256
Indiana#464141 in 2,461
Pennsylvania#470201 in 2,910
Arkansas#48261 in 2,286
Missouri#492111 in 2,782
Ohio#522181 in 3,242
Louisiana#52691 in 2,651
Georgia#532171 in 3,158
Kansas#55151 in 3,009
Illinois#596171 in 3,643
North Carolina#603131 in 3,948
Wisconsin#67361 in 4,332
Tennessee#68181 in 4,534
Michigan#702101 in 4,642
Arizona#71371 in 4,947
Washington#85861 in 5,926
Virginia#96351 in 8,150
Texas#1,043181 in 9,787
New York#1,047111 in 8,869
Florida#1,077101 in 9,667
California#1,72591 in 23,968
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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 Gannon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 345 spots since 2024 (#1,862 → #2,207)
  • 1,180 spots since 2020 (#1,027 → #2,207)
  • 1,675 spots since 2015 (#532 → #2,207)
  • Biggest jump: 427 spots in 2014 (#841 → #414)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2019 (#884 → #1,074)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 2014 at #414 (751 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2013–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,558
  • Highest: 1 in 2,558 boys born in 2014 were named Gannon (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.5% of all boys named Gannon (3,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s25#3,314 (1969)#3,648
1970s179#1,272 (1971)#2,759
1980s157#2,272 (1983)#3,158
1990s641#1,092 (1998)#1,632
2000s1,846#684 (2003)#973
2010s3,037#414 (2014)#910
2020s792#1,027 (2020)#1,532

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.

Gannon in 2017

boys
#776
302 births · 1 in 6,129 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #776Gannon302
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 6,129 of them was named Gannon, which outranked 94.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gannon
  1. #773Rey303
  2. #773Sonny303
  3. #773Zaid303
  4. #776Gannon302
  5. #777Allan301
  6. #777Cory301
  7. #777Felipe301
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →