NameTides

Kaan

Kaan was the #3,314 boys' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Kaan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Kaan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,314 (35)#1,226 (23)—#2,789 (6)
2024#3,693 (30)#1,162 (24)——
2023#3,712 (30)#1,309 (20)—#1,810 (10)
2022#3,879 (28)#1,609 (15)—#2,810 (5)
2021#4,011 (26)#1,290 (20)——
2020#5,235 (17)#1,150 (23)——
2019#3,052 (39)#974 (29)—#2,440 (6)
2018#2,994 (39)#1,284 (20)—#2,740 (5)
2017#3,440 (32)#1,146 (24)—#2,010 (8)
2016#3,059 (38)#1,363 (19)—#1,831 (9)
2015#3,085 (37)#1,074 (26)—#2,387 (6)
2014#3,371 (32)#1,630 (14)——
2013#3,339 (32)#1,183 (21)—#2,305 (6)
2012#3,371 (32)#927 (32)——
2011#3,235 (34)#1,024 (26)—#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #3,052.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 48,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 44,000 to 1 in 54,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew 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: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,009FL
Kaan (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
KaanCanadaBoys#2,7896
KaanEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
KaanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaanScotlandBoys—too few
KaanUSBoys#3,31435