Cannon Boy
How popular is Cannon?
#721 boy name in 2025
374 baby boys were named Cannon in the US in 2025, making it the 721st most popular boy name.
Cannon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #721 for boys (▲ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 374 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #585 in 2015, #542 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (581 boys) |
| Highest rank | #506 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cannon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cannon family of names ranked #299 for boys in 2025 (#310 the year before), with 1,137 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cannon | 374 | 33% |
| Kannon | 263 | 23% |
| Kanan | 194 | 17% |
| Canon | 64 | 6% |
| Kanon | 29 | 3% |
| Kainen | 41 | 4% |
| Kainan | 29 | 3% |
| Cainan | 32 | 3% |
| Kanen | 18 | 2% |
| Cainen | 11 | 1% |
| Kaynen | 7 | 1% |
| Kannan | 17 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cannon is most popular
Babies named Cannon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.8 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Idaho: 0.7 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.6 per 1,000 (110 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (59 boys)
Cannon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1910s | 17 | #3,727 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,137 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,524 |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,020 |
| 1960s | 22 | #2,548 |
| 1970s | 124 | #1,966 |
| 1980s | 127 | #2,955 |
| 1990s | 536 | #1,280 |
| 2000s | 2,400 | #623 |
| 2010s | 4,994 | #508 |
| 2020s | 2,709 | #506 |
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Questions
- Is Cannon a boy or girl name?
- Cannon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Cannon were boys.
- How popular is the name Cannon?
- 374 baby boys were named Cannon in the US in 2025, making it the 721st most popular boy name.
- When was Cannon most popular?
- Cannon peaked in 2021, when 581 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #506 in 2021.
- How many people are named Cannon?
- 11,207 babies have been named Cannon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Cannon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cannon was most common in Mississippi, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.