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Gannon

#2,216 in 2025Boys' name

From Irish Mag; literal meaning unconfirmed

Gannon has been given to 6,682 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #2,216 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 751 recorded.

Babies named Gannon, 2025

1 in 51,800

Gannon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gannon: meaning, origin, and history

From Irish Mag; literal meaning unconfirmed

surname transfer

What Gannon means

Gannon is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Gannon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Gannon is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Gannon comes through Irish Mag.

Gannon is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,677 boys were recorded with the name Gannon between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 751 in 2014; its best national rank was #414 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,028 in 2020 to #2,216 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #532 in 2015 to #2,216 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Gannon between 2015 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2015; its best national rank was #17,357 in 2015.

How common is Gannon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 51,800
64 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 26,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,216
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
35,906 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gannon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 35,906 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gannon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gannons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gannon was born before 2013 — so the typical Gannon is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,677
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (3,037).

Is Gannon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−350
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,188
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,684
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.12×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.5%
Peak was 2014 (751)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#414
2014

Spellings of Gannon

Gannon is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 55.3% against Gannon's 2.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gannon is used

Across 2016–2025, Gannon was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 3,226 boys, against 1 in 10,053 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 50,000).

231 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 3,226
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 4,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 4,167
  4. 4Ohio1 in 4,167
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 4,348
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 4,545
  7. 7Kansas1 in 4,762
  8. 8Indiana1 in 5,263

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gannon around the world

Where Gannon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2008–2019
    #2,769
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1985–1988
    #476
    in 1988

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gannon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,216
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,188
Best rank ever
#414
2014
Peak year
2014
751 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,677
Count in 2025
64

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,357
2015
Peak year
2015
5 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gannon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KannonLennonGanonCannonBrannonBrennonKennonCanonKanonZenonShanonShannonVernonGaneshGlennonKeenonDannonKainonElchononBrenonLenonBranonTannonAlgernon

Names with a curve like Gannon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gannon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KoltenMaximBransonKonnorKorbinGibsonImmanuelChevyJaggerJaycobCarsenYoussef

Sibling names for Gannon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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