How Many People Are Named Kanon?
people named Kanon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 204,661 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,688 babies named Kanon in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
133 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" and 音 (non) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kanon, 9.7% were girls and 90.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kanon fell from 20.4% in the 2000s to 4.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kanon alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kanon first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2015, to 133 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kanon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,372, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #3,808.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,808 |
| Best rank | #1,372 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,823 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kanon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kanon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kanon was given about 2.8 times as often in Texas.
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