Cannon

What Cannon means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cannon yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 374 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cannon?

US: Falling: down from #585 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 581 boys got the name (#506 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

• About 1 in 4,567 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SC (0.66 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cannon is #721 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Cannon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kannon263 US
• Canaan212 US
• Canon64 US
• Gannon64 US
• Cainan32 US
• Kanon29 US
• Kannan17 US
• Kennon15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Channon

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Cannon

Boys

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*

For a sister

• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cannon’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.