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Gannon

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~6,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,207 among boys
Births in 2025
64 6,682 since 1880
Typical age
12 years, median

Gannon popularity over time

Gannon rank by birth year, 1966–2025Gannon ranked #3,948 in 1966 and #2,207 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #414, in 2014.#1,000#2,207best #414 in 2014197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1966–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2014 is the peak year for Gannon, with 751 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1966. It reaches the top 1,000 in 11 years of the record.

As of 2025 the name sits at #2,207, with 64 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 88%. It slipped 345 places against the previous year.

Babies named Gannon per yearPeaks at 751 births in 2014.751 in 20140197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Gannon?

An estimated 6,600 living Americans are called Gannon. SSA has recorded 6,682 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Gannon?

Half of living Gannons are older than 12, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Gannon a current name.

Your Gannon

Ages of living people named GannonHalf of living Gannons are older than 12 and half younger.median 1202040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Gannon is most common

Iowa uses the name 3.1× as often as the country as a whole. Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio follow.

Where Gannon is used more than average5 states use the name Gannon more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: 3.1× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 2.4× the national rateOHPennsylvania: 2.3× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: 2.4× the national rateMOKentucky: 2.5× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Gannon is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Iowa 44 3.1×
Kentucky 52 2.5×
Missouri 70 2.4×
Ohio 135 2.4×
Pennsylvania 129 2.3×

Where the name Gannon comes from

Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

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