Kannon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAN-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #903 for boys
Kannon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 903rd for boys in the US (263 babies).
What does Kannon mean?
English: spelling of Cannon, an English surname and word
A spelling of Cannon; Kannon is also the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion.
Is Kannon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kannon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 263 boys in the US.
How popular is Kannon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #903among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 263about 1 in 6,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 263 boys in the US were named Kannon, making it the 903rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 537th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 526 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972. 11 girls were also named Kannon in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kannon in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 979 boys in the US were given Kannon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #347, up from #903 for this spelling alone.
Kannon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 263 | #903 |
| 2024 | 228 | #986 |
| 2023 | 300 | #817 |
| 2022 | 411 | #664 |
| 2021 | 469 | #593 |
| 2020 | 526 | #537 |
| 2019 | 475 | #585 |
| 2018 | 460 | #594 |
| 2017 | 377 | #670 |
| 2016 | 299 | #791 |
| 2015 | 263 | #853 |
| 2014 | 234 | #915 |
| 2013 | 204 | #981 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,081 |
| 2011 | 158 | #1,143 |
| 2010 | 143 | #1,232 |
| 2009 | 151 | #1,191 |
| 2008 | 148 | #1,192 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,679 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Kannon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon Kayden Finnegan Keegan Brayden Finn Declan Ronan Kian Raiden Aiden Rayden
Other spellings of Kannon
Names related to Kannon
More English names
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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, “Kannon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kannon, updated 20 October 2026.