Kanan
Boy · KAY-nan
Kanan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,108th for boys in the US (194 babies).
What does Kanan mean?
Used in several cultures; sometimes a form of Canaan
Used in several cultures; it can be a form of Canaan, the biblical land and grandson of Noah.
- Say it
- KAY-nan
Is Kanan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 194 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Kanan, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kanan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Kanan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Kanan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 194about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 194 boys in the US were named Kanan, making it the 1,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,592nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 225 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Kanan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Kanan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #1,108 for this spelling alone.
Kanan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 194 | #1,108 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,135 |
| 2023 | 198 | #1,084 |
| 2022 | 225 | #993 |
| 2021 | 162 | #1,198 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,592 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,386 |
| 2018 | 160 | #1,188 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Kanan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Kayden Finn Rowan Lochlan Callan Kian Orhan Keegan Conan Brody Kenan
Other spellings of Kanan
Kanaan Kainen Cainan Kainan Kaynan Kanen Cainen Kainon Kaynen Kaenan Cannan