Kanan
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #1,108 for boys in 2025, 194 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 225 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,809since 1991
Kanan over time
Rank among boys' names. Kanan has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | #1,108 | 194 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,135 | 186 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,084 | 198 | |
| 2022 | — | #993 | 225 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,198 | 162 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,592 | 102 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,386 | 128 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,188 | 160 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,582 | 102 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,086 | 67 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,966 | 39 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
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| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kanan! It came in at #7,271, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kanan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#281 · 1 in 985
- South Carolina#470 · 1 in 2,120
- Kentucky#569 · 1 in 2,934
- Kansas#590 · 1 in 2,809
- Louisiana#591 · 1 in 2,733
Best ever in a state: #281 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 10 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| North Carolina | #718 | 12 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Tennessee | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 7,354 |
| Texas | #1,070 | 21 | 1 in 8,336 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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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 Kanan
- 27 spots since 2024 (#1,135 → #1,108)
- 484 spots since 2020 (#1,592 → #1,108)
- 1,858 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #1,108)
- Biggest jump: 205 spots in 2022 (#1,198 → #993)
- Biggest drop: 91 spots in 2023 (#993 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2022 at #993 (225 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2022
- Highest: 1 in 7,760 boys born in 2022 were named Kanan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,805 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 59.0% of all boys named Kanan (1,067) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77 | #4,185 (1996) | #6,588 |
| 2000s | 112 | #4,520 (2006) | #6,335 |
| 2010s | 553 | #1,188 (2018) | #4,502 |
| 2020s | 1,067 | #993 (2022) | #1,185 |
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.
Kanan in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 8,805 of them was named Kanan, which outranked 92.0% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).