Cannon
#1,103 most common boys' name of all time · #2,615 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1904–2025
Rank among boys
#1,103
Rank overall
#2,615 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
11,207
Since 2016
4,933
Peak year
2021 #507
Best rank
#507 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 595/yr
Cannon first appears in 1904. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 374 | 374 | #721 |
| 2024 | 6 | 332 | 338 | #763 |
| 2023 | 10 | 431 | 441 | #641 |
| 2022 | 7 | 469 | 476 | #601 |
| 2021 | 14 | 581 | 595 | #507 |
| 2020 | 15 | 522 | 537 | #543 |
| 2019 | 13 | 565 | 578 | #508 |
| 2018 | 7 | 521 | 528 | #540 |
| 2017 | 13 | 505 | 518 | #550 |
| 2016 | 17 | 531 | 548 | #543 |
| 2015 | 7 | 473 | 480 | #586 |
| 2014 | — | 509 | 509 | #544 |
| 2013 | 9 | 491 | 500 | #542 |
| 2012 | 9 | 492 | 501 | #533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 493 | 498 | #519 |
| 2010 | 10 | 414 | 424 | #600 |
| 2009 | 5 | 400 | 405 | #624 |
| 2008 | 7 | 385 | 392 | #638 |
| 2007 | 7 | 315 | 322 | #728 |
| 2006 | 10 | 263 | 273 | #788 |
| 2005 | 7 | 257 | 264 | #773 |
| 2004 | 12 | 213 | 225 | #835 |
| 2003 | 5 | 191 | 196 | #886 |
| 2002 | 7 | 130 | 137 | #1,116 |
| 2001 | 7 | 127 | 134 | #1,115 |
| 2000 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,162 |
| 1999 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,288 |
| 1998 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,410 |
| 1997 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,471 |
| 1996 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #1,370 |
| 1995 | 5 | 54 | 59 | #1,667 |
| 1994 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,566 |
| 1993 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #3,161 |
| 1992 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,850 |
| 1991 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,841 |
| 1990 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,446 |
| 1989 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,484 |
| 1988 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,229 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,556 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,477 |
| 1985 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,441 |
| 1984 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,988 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,915 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,086 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,646 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,287 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,470 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,221 |
| 1977 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,931 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,507 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,715 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,384 |
| 1973 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,002 |
| 1972 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,977 |
| 1971 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,595 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,781 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,596 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,252 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,161 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,530 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,113 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,653 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,318 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,200 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,420 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,564 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,818 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,807 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,022 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,193 |