NameTides

Kanan

Kanan was the #1,108 boys' name in the US in 2025 (194 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Kanan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kanan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Kanan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, 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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,108 (194)#1,466 (18)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,135 (186)#1,322 (20)#785 (3)#1,654 (12)
2023#1,084 (198)#1,407 (18)—#1,234 (17)
2022#993 (225)#1,314 (20)#779 (3)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,198 (162)#1,984 (11)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,592 (102)#1,935 (11)—#2,431 (6)
2019#1,386 (128)#1,253 (20)——
2018#1,188 (160)#1,455 (17)——
2017#1,582 (102)#3,040 (6)—#2,198 (7)
2016#2,086 (67)#4,810 (3)—#2,718 (5)
2015#2,966 (39)———
2014#7,562 (10)———
2013#8,789 (8)———
2012#5,256 (17)———
2011#7,502 (10)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #993.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 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 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kanan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kanan 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: #718MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #569KYWest 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: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Kanan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Kanan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KananCanadaBoys#2,5277
KananEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
KananIrelandBoys—too few
KananNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KananUSGirls—too few
KananUSBoys#1,108194