Kanan
Kanan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 184 births. Its best rank was 992nd, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1840.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022225 births
- Best rank
- #992in 2022
- Since 1991
- 1,613people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,613 boys have been named Kanan in the United States since 1991, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 225 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 54%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Kanan was the 992nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Kanan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaizerpeak 2024
- Wilderpeak 2021
- Legendpeak 2021
- Caydepeak 2019
- Grangerpeak 2021
- Maverickpeak 2022
- Caspianpeak 2024
- Zaynpeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.