girls:
223 births since 1993
#5493 (4th percentile)
boys:
10.3k births since 1904
#1150 (75th percentile)
overall:
10.5k births since 1904
#2586 (67th percentile)
The name Cannon is the #2,586 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,487 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 66.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,150 (74.9% percentile) for all time with 10,264 births since 1904. For girls, it ranks #5,493 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 223 births since 1993.
Cannon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Cannon is available in 68 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023 (68 years for boys and 25 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cannon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Cannon reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 50.5% percentile (ranked #461) with 310 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 310 births per million (ranked 50.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cannon ranks #533 for boys (41.5% percentile) with 235 births per million, which is 75.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cannon reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #945) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cannon ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 65.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cannon".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Cannon is pronounced as KA-nuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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