Cannan — #13029 US boys' name
271 babies named Cannan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Cannan was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Cannan in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cannan
The Social Security Administration has registered 271 babies named Cannan between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cannan currently holds the #13029 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cannan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cannan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cannan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 271 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cannan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Cannan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2020)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #13029 among boys.
271 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 25 births in a single year.
Cannan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 46% of Cannan's all-time total
Cannan decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cannan's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.