Canon

girls:

36 births since 1986

#5680 (1st percentile)

boys:

2.6k births since 1971

#2474 (46th percentile)

overall:

2.6k births since 1971

#5226 (32nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Canon".

1971 2023 19712023

Key Statistics

Total Births
36
Peak Births
7
Peak Year
2011
First Recorded
1986
Peak Percentile
0.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#814
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
2,602
Peak Births
129
Peak Year
2019
First Recorded
1971
Peak Percentile
13.5%
Current Percentile
8.7%
Peak Rank
#664
Current Rank
#832
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Canon

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Canon. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 90.2% confident that Canon is pronounced as KA-nuhn. The next most likely pronunciation is KUH-nuhn, at 9.8% confidence.

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90.2%
KUH-nuhn (2 syllables)
9.8% confidence
K AH1 N AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Canon. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Canon, please vote using the thumbs up button.

kuh-NAN (2 syllables)
2 names 7.2k births
K AH0 N AE1 N

Names with this pronunciation:

KAY-nan (2 syllables)
2 names 6.8k births
K EY1 N AE0 N

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AE1 N AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.