Kannen — #11559 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kannen

The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Kannen between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kannen currently holds the #11559 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kannen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kannen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kannen 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 266 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.