NameTides

Cannon

Cannon was the #721 boys' name in the US in 2025 (374 babies).

Cannon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Cannon as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Cannon as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#721 (374)—
2024#763 (332)#2,710 (6)
2023#640 (431)—
2022#600 (469)#1,653 (11)
2021#506 (581)—
2020#542 (522)#2,431 (6)
2019#508 (565)#2,756 (5)
2018#539 (521)#1,836 (9)
2017#550 (505)—
2016#543 (531)—
2015#585 (473)#2,715 (5)
2014#543 (509)#2,667 (5)
2013#542 (491)—
2012#530 (492)#2,368 (6)
2011#519 (493)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #506.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cannon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 7,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cannon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #388TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #519TXFlorida: #704FL
Cannon (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CannonCanadaBoys—too few
CannonUSGirls—too few
CannonUSBoys#721374