Gannon
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 751 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,677since 1966
Gannon over time
Rank among boys' names. Gannon has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,207 | 64 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,862 | 86 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,718 | 97 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,308 | 144 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,067 | 200 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,027 | 201 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,074 | 189 | |
| 2018 | — | #884 | 247 | |
| 2017 | — | #776 | 302 | |
| 2016 | — | #707 | 346 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #532 | 535 |
| 2014 | — | #414 | 751 | |
| 2013 | — | #841 | 254 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,074 | 174 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,440 | 114 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,358 | 125 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,160 | 156 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,031 | 184 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,017 | 187 | |
| 2006 | — | #896 | 217 | |
| 2005 | — | #917 | 192 | |
| 2004 | — | #865 | 203 | |
| 2003 | — | #684 | 283 | |
| 2002 | — | #959 | 167 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,100 | 129 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,096 | 128 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,194 | 107 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,092 | 118 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,480 | 72 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,434 | 72 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,588 | 58 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,581 | 58 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,007 | 40 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,085 | 37 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,094 | 19 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,272 | 43 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,699 | 26 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gannon! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Gannon is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#436 · 1 in 2,417
- Iowa#506 · 1 in 3,295
- Kentucky#561 · 1 in 4,724
- Missouri#607 · 1 in 4,315
- Pennsylvania#759 · 1 in 7,096
Best ever in a state: #163 in West Virginia, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #436 | 7 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Iowa | #506 | 5 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Kentucky | #561 | 5 | 1 in 4,724 |
| Missouri | #607 | 8 | 1 in 4,315 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 9 | 1 in 7,096 |
| Indiana | #760 | 6 | 1 in 6,382 |
| Maryland | #764 | 5 | 1 in 5,981 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 5,030 |
| Ohio | #789 | 9 | 1 in 7,159 |
| Virginia | #840 | 6 | 1 in 7,162 |
| Arizona | #905 | 5 | 1 in 8,681 |
| Michigan | #1,080 | 5 | 1 in 10,281 |
| Texas | #1,116 | 15 | 1 in 12,613 |
| Florida | #1,125 | 9 | 1 in 11,167 |
| New York | #1,125 | 10 | 1 in 10,912 |
| California | #1,205 | 16 | 1 in 15,886 |
| Georgia | #1,274 | 5 | 1 in 12,237 |
| Illinois | #1,371 | 5 | 1 in 14,951 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gannon
- 345 spots since 2024 (#1,862 → #2,207)
- 1,180 spots since 2020 (#1,027 → #2,207)
- 1,675 spots since 2015 (#532 → #2,207)
- Biggest jump: 427 spots in 2014 (#841 → #414)
- Biggest drop: 190 spots in 2019 (#884 → #1,074)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 2014 at #414 (751 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2013–2018
- Highest: 1 in 2,558 boys born in 2014 were named Gannon (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.5% of all boys named Gannon (3,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,648 |
| 1970s | 179 | #1,272 (1971) | #2,759 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,272 (1983) | #3,158 |
| 1990s | 641 | #1,092 (1998) | #1,632 |
| 2000s | 1,846 | #684 (2003) | #973 |
| 2010s | 3,037 | #414 (2014) | #910 |
| 2020s | 792 | #1,027 (2020) | #1,532 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gannon in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 11,088 of them was named Gannon, which outranked 93.0% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,028Treyvon186
- #1,029Elvin185
- #1,029Westin185
- #1,031Gannon184
- #1,031Blaise184
- #1,031Dallin184
- #1,031Deion184
- #1,037Archer183
- #1,037Coen183
- #1,037Javian183
Tied with 5 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.