Cannon
Cannon is ranked 765th among boys in 2024 (331 births). Its best rank was 507th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #765down 125 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3310.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021580 births
- Best rank
- #507in 2021
- Since 1904
- 10,831people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,602 boys have been named Cannon in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 580 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 229 girls have also been given it, 2.1% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cannon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 17 | |
| 1920s | 25 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 13 | |
| 1960s | 22 | |
| 1970s | 124 | |
| 1980s | 127 | |
| 1990s | 536 | |
| 2000s | 2,400 | |
| 2010s | 4,994 | |
| 2020s | 2,333 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Cannon was the 507th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Cannon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Viktorpeak 2018
- Korbynpeak 2020
- Arjunpeak 2014
- Jaziahpeak 2020
- Jetpeak 2019
- Cormacpeak 2014
- Josiahpeak 2017
- Ahmaripeak 2022
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.