Kaanan — #13691 US boys' name
28 babies named Kaanan in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Kaanan was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kaanan in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaanan
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Kaanan between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaanan currently holds the #13691 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaanan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaanan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaanan 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 28 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.
Kaanan at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaanan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2018
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Currently ranks #13691 among boys.
28 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7 births in a single year.
Kaanan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 16 births that decade — 57% of Kaanan's all-time total
Kaanan decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaanan's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 2018–2024 (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.