How Many People Are Named Kanan?
people named Kanan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 189,249 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,820 babies named Kanan in Social Security records from 1982 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
225 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kanan, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 5.1% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kanan alive today is about 6 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kanan first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2022, to 225 babies. In 2025, 194 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kanan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #993, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,109.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,109 |
| Best rank | #993 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,160 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kanan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kanan were born in California than in any other state: about 193 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kanan was given 4 times as often in Louisiana, 2.1 times in North Carolina and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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