girls:
11 births since 1982
#5705 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1991
#3212 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1982
#6307 (18th percentile)
The name Kanan is the #6,307 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,438 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 18.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,212 (29.9% percentile) for all time with 1,427 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1982.
Kanan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Kanan is available in 33 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 2 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 Kanan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1982 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (99.6% boys from 1991 to 2023).
For boys, Kanan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 23.6% percentile (ranked #706) with 120 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 120 births per million (ranked 23.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kanan ranks #719 for boys (21.1% percentile) with 108 births per million, which is 90.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kanan reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #936) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kanan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kanan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.2% confident that Kanan is pronounced as KAY-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-NUHN, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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