Boys' name · since 2001
Kannen
Kannen has 274 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,335 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
274 babies have been named Kannen since 2001, making it today's #9335 boys' name.
Kannen has 274 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9335 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, 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 2001 to 2025.
- #11,156 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,335 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kannen ranks #11,156 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,335 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 274 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,335 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kannen's 274 recorded births place it above 75.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kannen compares
274 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kannen's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kannen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kannen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kannen's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kannen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kannen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (137 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Kannen's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kannen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
137 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 137 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kannen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (137 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- 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 Kannen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Kannen 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.