Kanan Boy
How popular is Kanan?
#1,108 boy name in 2025
194 baby boys were named Kanan in the US in 2025, making it the 1108th most popular boy name.
Kanan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,108 for boys (▲ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 194 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+397% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,965 in 2015, #1,592 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (225 boys) |
| Highest rank | #993 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kanan 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 Kanan is most popular
Babies named Kanan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.3 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (47 boys)
Kanan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kanan
Questions
- Is Kanan a boy or girl name?
- Kanan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kanan were boys.
- How popular is the name Kanan?
- 194 baby boys were named Kanan in the US in 2025, making it the 1108th most popular boy name.
- When was Kanan most popular?
- Kanan peaked in 2022, when 225 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #993 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kanan?
- 1,820 babies have been named Kanan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,810 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Kanan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kanan was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 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.