Boys' name · since 1999
Ganon
271 babies named Ganon in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,211 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 271
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ganon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 271 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Ganon recorded 271 times among boys since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #11,211 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 271 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ganon ranks #11,211 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,211 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 271
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ganon's 271 recorded births place it above 75.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ganon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ganon's full recorded timeline at 2013, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ganon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2015)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Ganon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Ganon's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ganon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Ganon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (148 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ganon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Ganon 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 August 2026.