Kanan — #1140 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kanan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,613 babies named Kanan between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kanan currently holds the #1140 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 225 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 871 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kanan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kanan in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanan 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 1,613 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.