Kanon
Boy · KAN-un · English
Kanon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Kanon mean?
English: probably a spelling of Cannon
Probably a spelling of Cannon; in Japan, Kanon is mainly used as a girl's name.
- Say it
- KAN-un
Is Kanon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 29 boys in the US.
How popular is Kanon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Kanon, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 127 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972. 6 girls were also named Kanon in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kanon than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kanon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 979 boys in the US were given Kanon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #347, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 17% of the babies named Kanon in the US were girls.
Kanon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 89 | #1,755 |
| 2018 | 95 | #1,671 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2015 | 127 | #1,369 |
| 2014 | 83 | #1,794 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Kanon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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