Kanan
#3,321 most common boys' name of all time · #8,076 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1982–2025
Rank among boys
#3,321
Rank overall
#8,076 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
1,820
Since 2016
1,524
Peak year
2022 #994
Best rank
#994 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 225/yr
Kanan first appears in 1982. 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 | — | 194 | 194 | #1,110 |
| 2024 | — | 186 | 186 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | — | 198 | 198 | #1,086 |
| 2022 | — | 225 | 225 | #994 |
| 2021 | — | 162 | 162 | #1,199 |
| 2020 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,598 |
| 2019 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,392 |
| 2018 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,191 |
| 2017 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,588 |
| 2016 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2015 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,800 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,124 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,381 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,739 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,864 |
| 2009 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,446 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,208 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,320 |
| 2006 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,615 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,950 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #7,267 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,078 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,324 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,793 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,591 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,204 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,731 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,344 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,780 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,349 |
| 1993 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,078 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,025 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,865 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |