Total births
199
Boys' name · since 1999
Cannen
Cannen has 199 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 199
- total births
- 1999–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Cannen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 199 have been recorded since 1999.
Cannen has 199 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2022.
- 199 total births
- 1999–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
199 boys have been named Cannen since 1999, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 199
- total births
- 1999–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
51% of everyone ever named Cannen was born in this single decade.
2015
Single peak year
18 babies were named Cannen in 2015 - its busiest year on record.
Cannen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cannen's full recorded timeline at 2012, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cannen at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
2015
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1999
Cannen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2022
- Peak year (2015)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Cannen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Cannen's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Cannen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (51% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Cannen? ▼
Cannen has been given to 199 babies in the U.S. since 1999, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 18 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
When was Cannen most popular? ▼
Cannen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Cannen been used? ▼
Cannen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 24 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Cannen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cannon, Canaan, Canyon, Canon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
What to do with Cannen's data
- Cannen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Cannen
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Cannen: Baby Name Since 1999 - 199 Births, Peak 2015." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/cannen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cannen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.