Given name & surname
Cannon
“an official of the church”
Cannon is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “an official of the church.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “an official of the church.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cannon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,207
- 10,978 boys · 229 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 595 babies
- 2025
- 374
- #722 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 374 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 722 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (64). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,963 as a first name in 2020; 68,041 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cannon’s family of names
Cannon has a related form in Canon. Cannon has a related form in Canan. Cannon has a related form in Caning.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Canonvariant · English
- Cananvariant
- Cannanvariant
- Channonvariant · English
- Canunvariant
- Cannunvariant
- Canyngvariant
- Cannyngvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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