Kannen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAN-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kannen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Kannen come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps from Cannon
Is Kannen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kannen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kannen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kannen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Kannen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 979 boys in the US were given Kannen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #347, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Kannen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
Names like Kannen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Brecken Rayden Braylen Aiden Finnegan Raiden Keegan Kyden Finn Declan
Other spellings of Kannen
Names related to Kannen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Kannen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kannen, updated 20 October 2026.