Gannon
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Gannon is a boys' name, meaning “son of Finan”. In 2025 it ranked 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Gannon mean?
“son of Finan”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gannon a girl's or a boy's name?
Gannon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gannon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Gannon, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,027th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 751 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gannon than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Gannon in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gannon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 86 | #1,862 |
| 2023 | 97 | #1,718 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,308 |
| 2021 | 200 | #1,067 |
| 2020 | 201 | #1,027 |
| 2019 | 189 | #1,074 |
| 2018 | 247 | #884 |
| 2017 | 302 | #776 |
| 2016 | 346 | #707 |
| 2015 | 535 | #532 |
| 2014 | 751 | #414 |
| 2013 | 254 | #841 |
| 2012 | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2011 | 114 | #1,440 |
| 2010 | 125 | #1,358 |
| 2009 | 156 | #1,160 |
| 2008 | 184 | #1,031 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,017 |
| 2006 | 217 | #896 |
| 2005 | 192 | #917 |
| 2004 | 203 | #864 |
| 2003 | 283 | #684 |
| 2002 | 167 | #958 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,098 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,094 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,192 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,089 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,477 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 58 | #1,583 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,272 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Gannon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Cannon, Deacon, Declan, Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Finnegan, Ronan, Brennan, Brody
Names related to Gannon
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, “Gannon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gannon, updated 20 October 2026.