Kannon

What Kannon means

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

Editor’s note 263 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 Kannon?

US: Steady: #853 in 2015, #903 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 526 boys got the name (#537 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 6,495 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 MS (1.02 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kannon is #903 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, 96.0% of US babies named Kannon were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cannon374 US
• Kanan194 US · 18 E&W
• Canon64 US
• Gannon64 US
• Kanaan49 US
• Kainen41 US
• Kanon29 US
• Kainan29 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

• Kwannon

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Kannon

Boys

• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*

For a sister

• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Luna#27“the moon”^*

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 Kannon’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.