Cannan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-nan
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Cannan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Cannan mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Canaan
Canaan is the biblical Promised Land, named after Noah's grandson Canaan.
Is Cannan a girl's or a boy's name?
Cannan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cannan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Cannan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Cannan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Cannan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Cannan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Names like Cannan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan, Declan, Ronan, Kayden, Keegan, Brayden, Callan, Finn, Kenan, Aiden, Deacon, Raiden
Other spellings of Cannan
Kanan, Kanaan, Kainen, Cainan, Kainan, Kaynan, Kanen, Cainen, Kainon, Kaynen, Kaenan
Names related to Cannan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cannan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cannan, updated 20 October 2026.