How Many People Are Named Cannon?
people named Cannon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,009 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,207 babies named Cannon in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
595 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cannon, 2.1% were girls and 97.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cannon alive today is about 12 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cannon first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 2021, to 595 babies. In 2025, 374 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cannon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #506, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #722.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #722 |
| Best rank | #506 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #558 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cannon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cannon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,464 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cannon was given 3.7 times as often in Utah, 3.1 times in Mississippi and 2.7 times in Arkansas.
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