Total births
30
Recorded 2013–2018 Boys' name Peak 2014 30 births
Gannen — boys' name
30 babies named Gannen in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Gannen was born in this single decade.
2014
Single peak year
14 babies were named Gannen in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gannen
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Gannen between 2013 and 2018, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gannen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gannen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gannen 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 30 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.
Gannen at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
2014
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2013
Gannen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2013
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Gannen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 30 births that decade — 100% of Gannen's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gannen? ▼
30 babies have been named Gannen since 2013. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2014 with 14 births.
When was Gannen most popular? ▼
Gannen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Gannen been used? ▼
Gannen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2013, spanning 6 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Gannen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gannon, Ganesh, Ganon, Gannicus, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Gannen
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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, 2013–2018 (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.