Kannon
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- #903 for boys in 2025, 263 births
- Given to boys 97.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 526 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,040since 1972
Kannon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kannon has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #8,860 | 11 | #903 | 263 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #986 | 228 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #817 | 300 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #664 | 411 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #593 | 469 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #537 | 526 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #585 | 475 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #594 | 460 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #670 | 377 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #791 | 299 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #853 | 263 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #915 | 234 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #981 | 204 |
| 2012 | — | #1,081 | 173 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,143 | 158 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,232 | 143 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,191 | 151 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,192 | 148 |
| 2007 | — | #1,445 | 111 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #1,583 | 92 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,790 | 73 |
| 2004 | — | #1,604 | 81 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,233 | 117 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,682 | 70 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,075 | 28 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,376 | 23 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Kannon! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kannon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#281 · 1 in 985
- West Virginia#330 · 1 in 1,232
- Louisiana#426 · 1 in 1,739
- South Carolina#501 · 1 in 2,355
- Arkansas#555 · 1 in 2,517
Best ever in a state: #153 in Delaware, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 1,739 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Kentucky | #569 | 7 | 1 in 2,934 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Florida | #681 | 23 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Pennsylvania | #742 | 11 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Tennessee | #777 | 8 | 1 in 4,596 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Texas | #789 | 34 | 1 in 5,149 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Michigan | #905 | 7 | 1 in 5,742 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 83 spots since 2024 (#986 → #903)
- 366 spots since 2020 (#537 → #903)
- Biggest jump: 121 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2020 at #537 (526 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,282
- Highest: 1 in 3,282 boys born in 2020 were named Kannon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,495 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 46.1% of all boys named Kannon (2,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #4,441 (1972) | #5,249 |
| 1980s | 6 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,089 |
| 1990s | 139 | #2,613 (1997) | #5,034 |
| 2000s | 901 | #1,191 (2009) | #1,778 |
| 2010s | 2,786 | #585 (2019) | #885 |
| 2020s | 2,197 | #537 (2020) | #750 |
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.
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