Cannon
Boy · KAN-on · English
Cannon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 721st for boys in the US (374 babies).
What does Cannon mean?
English: English surname for a canon, a cathedral clergyman; also the word cannon
As a surname it comes from canon, a cathedral clergyman; as a word name it suggests the artillery gun.
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Is Cannon a girl's or a boy's name?
Cannon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 374 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cannon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #721among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 374about 1 in 4,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 374 boys in the US were named Cannon, making it the 721st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 542nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 581 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Cannon in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 979 boys in the US were given Cannon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #347, up from #721 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 2% of the babies named Cannon in the US were girls.
Cannon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 374 | #721 |
| 2024 | 332 | #763 |
| 2023 | 431 | #640 |
| 2022 | 469 | #600 |
| 2021 | 581 | #506 |
| 2020 | 522 | #542 |
| 2019 | 565 | #508 |
| 2018 | 521 | #539 |
| 2017 | 505 | #550 |
| 2016 | 531 | #543 |
| 2015 | 473 | #585 |
| 2014 | 509 | #543 |
| 2013 | 491 | #542 |
| 2012 | 492 | #530 |
| 2011 | 493 | #519 |
| 2010 | 414 | #600 |
| 2009 | 400 | #623 |
| 2008 | 385 | #638 |
| 2007 | 315 | #728 |
| 2006 | 263 | #788 |
| 2005 | 257 | #772 |
| 2004 | 213 | #834 |
| 2003 | 191 | #883 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,114 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,112 |
| 2000 | 119 | #1,160 |
| 1999 | 95 | #1,280 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,465 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,366 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,661 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
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