Kanon
Kanon was the 3809th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1372nd with 127 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,437 places. More babies were named Kanon in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,809 boys, down 1,452 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 29boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2015127 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,688babies recorded
Kanon popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #14,035 | #3,809 | 6 | 29 |
| 2020 | — | #2,357 | — | 57 |
| 2010 | #8,965 | #2,809 | 13 | 43 |
| 2000 | #16,237 | #3,999 | 5 | 20 |
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How popular is Kanon, counting every spelling?
Kanon is a spelling of Canaan, a name family that ranked #622 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,809 for Kanon on its own. Together these spellings went to 442 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan | 212 | #1,044 | 1,075 |
| Kanan | 194 | #1,109 | 965 |
| Kanon | 29 | #3,809 | 218 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kanon?
29 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kanon (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kanon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 291 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kanon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kanon?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Kanon are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 8 and 17. That makes Kanon a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kanon by state
How common Kanon was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kanon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kanon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kanon
How popular is the name Kanon?
Kanon was the 3809th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1372nd with 127 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,437 places. More babies were named Kanon in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kanon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Kanon in the US.
Where is Kanon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kanon was most common in Louisiana (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Pennsylvania.