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Kanan

Rank in 2024
#1,139
Born in 2024
184
Peak year
2022 · #994
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 184 boys were named Kanan, about 1 in every 9,322.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 225 babies, ranked #994.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1991.
  • 1,613 boys have been named Kanan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kanan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 171 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,385 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Wiktionary has no English entry for Kanan yet, so we don’t show a meaning rather than guess one.

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kanan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Kannon

    Rank
    #986
    Born '24
    228
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20202024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Canaan

    Rank
    #1,090
    Born '24
    199
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20162024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kenan

    Rank
    #1,130
    Born '24
    187
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Keenan

    Rank
    #1,213
    Born '24
    166
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19972024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Canon

    Rank
    #1,926
    Born '24
    82
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20192024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Conan

    Rank
    #2,020
    Born '24
    76
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 20232024