Kanon

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A few things about Kanon you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kanon

Kanon Wakeshima

Japanese musician

Choose Kanon and your child shares a first name with Kanon Wakeshima, a Japanese musician. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kanon, like who?” Kanon Wakeshima's Wikipedia article is available in 21 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 58,824 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Kanon, 29 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kanon would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKanon first shows up in US birth records in 1972, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 53 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2015, when it reached #1,369.
• 🍂TrendKanon has slipped 1,410 places over the last five years and now sits at #3,757. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKanon is given to both boys and girls: 83% of the 35 babies named Kanon in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Kanon

Kanon is a boy name of French origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-non”. US birth records list Kanon for boys from 1972 to 2025, in 37 of those 54 years. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked #1,369 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #3,757, with 29 babies.

Origin:French names