Baby Name Popularity Profile

Cannon

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Cannon.

✦ Large gun 🌍 English Traditional
National Rank (2025) #722
All-Time Peak Rank #506 Achieved 2021
Total U.S. Births 10,978 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 98.1% Boy / 1.9% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1904 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 581 births in 2021
πŸ’‘ The Cannon Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Large gun
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from an English surname, which referred either to a maker or user of cannons (large guns) or to a 'canon' (an ecclesiastical official).
Pronunciation: KAN-Ι™n
Themes & Categories
Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Cannon across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -28.4%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -20.9%
2015: 473 births 473 2016: 531 births 2017: 505 births 2018: 521 births 2019: 565 births 2020: 522 births 522 2021: 581 births 2022: 469 births 2023: 431 births 2024: 332 births 2025: 374 births 374
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 581 births in 2021
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 58 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 6
1910s: 17
1920s: 25
1930s: 0
1940s: 5
1950s: 13
1960s: 22
1970s: 124
1980s: 127
1990s: 536
2000s: 2,400
2010s: 4,994
2020s: 2,709

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Cann-on
Letter Count 6 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 25.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 25.7% of SSA names. Starts with C, a letter used by only 5.7% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Utah
Top States Utah, Idaho, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas
States with Data 41
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Utah #719 434 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 126 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #389 552 2014 38.2% Decline
Oklahoma #565 302 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #404 214 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #569 548 2019 30.8% Decline
Arizona #731 237 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #519 1,478 2016 9.9% Decline
Washington #696 302 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #424 234 2012 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #681 291 2011 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #516 460 2015 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #374 224 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #487 261 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #563 286 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #705 433 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #695 144 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 126 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #458 205 2012 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 38 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 89 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #744 220 2020 71.9% Decline
Indiana #487 202 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #580 109 2021 Insufficient historical volume
California #1209 691 2018 52.9% Decline
Ohio #869 262 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 35 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #1045 195 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #507 51 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #1136 138 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 5 2009 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 10 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #1020 157 2022 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 17 2015 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 6 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 35 2018 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota Unranked 5 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota Unranked 27 2008 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 31 2019 Insufficient historical volume
New York Unranked 80 2018 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico Unranked 5 2011 Insufficient historical volume

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