Kannan
#8,962 most common boys' name of all time · #22,645 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1998–2025
Rank among boys
#8,962
Rank overall
#22,645 of 105,966
First appeared
1998
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
345
Since 2016
203
Peak year
2018 #4,068
Best rank
#4,068 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Kannan first appears in 1998. 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 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,524 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,692 |
| 2023 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,295 |
| 2022 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,659 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,576 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,593 |
| 2018 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,068 |
| 2017 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,885 |
| 2016 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,900 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,931 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,405 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,288 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,232 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,350 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,963 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,717 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,903 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,697 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,559 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,731 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,341 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,898 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,373 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,745 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,555 |