Canon Boy
How popular is Canon?
#2,207 boy name in 2025
64 baby boys were named Canon in the US in 2025, making it the 2207th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Canon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,207 for boys (▼ 286 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 64 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,767 in 2015, #1,489 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (129 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,348 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Canon 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 Canon is most popular
Babies named Canon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Alabama: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Canon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14 | #3,656 |
| 1980s | 61 | #4,328 |
| 1990s | 206 | #2,123 |
| 2000s | 810 | #1,467 |
| 2010s | 1,104 | #1,348 |
| 2020s | 556 | #1,489 |
Boy names about as popular as Canon
Questions
- Is Canon a boy or girl name?
- Canon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Canon were boys.
- How popular is the name Canon?
- 64 baby boys were named Canon in the US in 2025, making it the 2207th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Canon most popular?
- Canon peaked in 2019, when 129 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,348 in 2014.
- How many people are named Canon?
- 2,792 babies have been named Canon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,760 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Canon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Canon was most common in Texas, at 0.1 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.