How rare is the name Gannon?

5,498 people in the United States have the first name Gannon, about 1 in 54,935. It ranks #3,697 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GANNON

#3,697

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,498
About
1 in 54,935
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,498 people named Gannon, 87.3% reported their origin as White, 5% as two or more races and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gannon peaked in 2014, when 751 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
751
In 2025*
64 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,682 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Gannon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,660. The largest share of babies named Gannon, 51.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#11,48325
1970s#5,744179
1980s#7,473157
1990s#3,613641
2000s#2,1681,846
2010s#1,6603,042
2020s#2,937792
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–967.3%
Generation Z 1997–1238.3%
2013 and later51.2%

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 Gannon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gannon has been most common in Kansas (2.9×), Missouri (2.5×), and Iowa (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

4,454 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.

Exactly as common as Gannon

1 other first name also has 5,498 people.

#3,697 Nichelle · 5,498

Either side of Gannon

#3,694 Wai · 5,502#3,696 Chan · 5,500#3,697 Nichelle · 5,498#3,699 Yehuda · 5,492

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gannon, most common first.

#32,550 Ganon · 258

Also a last name

As a last name, Gannon ranks #2,451 of 156,621, with 14,383 people. See Gannon as a last name

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