How Many People Are Named Canon?
people named Canon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 123,969 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,792 babies named Canon in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
129 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Canon, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Canon alive today is about 14 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Canon first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2019, to 129 babies. In 2025, 69 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Canon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,349, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #2,211.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,211 |
| Best rank | #1,349 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,489 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Canon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Canon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 358 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Canon was given 3 times as often in Texas, 2.4 times in Tennessee and 2.3 times in Georgia.
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