How rare is the name Cannon?

7,963 people in the United States have the first name Cannon, about 1 in 37,929. It ranks #2,881 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CANNON

#2,881

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,963
About
1 in 37,929
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,963 people named Cannon, 79.6% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Black and 5.9% as two or more races. 96.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cannon peaked in 2021, when 595 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
595
In 2025*
374 ▼37%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,207 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cannon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,133. The largest share of babies named Cannon, 57.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#8,67317
1920s#9,54225
1940s#12,5745
1950s#12,03613
1960s#11,94422
1970s#7,257124
1980s#8,607127
1990s#3,978556
2000s#1,7612,467
2010s#1,1335,084
2020s#1,2452,761
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–1236.9%
2013 and later57.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cannon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cannon has been most common in Utah (5.6×), Idaho (3.4×), and Tennessee (2.8×), and least common in New York (0.11×).

9,265 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cannon

#2,879 Altagracia · 7,979#2,880 Kristyn · 7,978#2,882 Isela · 7,956#2,883 Sanjuana · 7,949

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cannon, most common first.

#5,636 Canyon · 3,002#7,153 Canon · 2,155#31,632 Cannan · 270

Also a last name

As a last name, Cannon ranks #480 of 156,621, with 68,041 people. See Cannon as a last name

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