Fun Facts About the Name Gannon
- More than 6 thousand babies named Gannon: U.S. records list 6,680 babies given the name Gannon from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Gannon - about 1 girl for every 1,335 boys.
What Does the Name Gannon Mean?
Gannon is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Gamhna (also written Ó Gamhainn), which means "descendant of Gamhain." Gamhain is an old personal name taken from the Irish word gamhain, meaning "calf" or "stirk" - a young cow. The literal sense behind the surname is therefore "descendant of the calf," most likely from a byname.
The usual derivation is from Ó Gamhna, but the name has been recorded in a range of Anglicized spellings over the centuries (Gannon, Gannin, Ganning), and in a smaller number of cases it may stand in for other Gaelic surnames that happened to be anglicized in a similar way. The exact range of those secondary origins is not firmly settled.
Gannon Name History & Origins
The name belongs to Connacht, in the west of Ireland, where a family called Ó Gamhna was established in areas that are now County Roscommon and County Mayo. Like most Gaelic surnames, it was written in different ways as English-style spelling replaced Irish forms in official records, giving rise to the variants Gannon, Gannin, and Ganning.
With the Tudor and Cromwellian settlements, and later with the waves of emigration in the 18th and 19th centuries, the surname spread from Ireland to England, North America, and Australia. Gannon is not an old Gaelic first name; it entered use as a given name through the American habit of using surnames as first names, a practice that became common in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Gannon should not be assumed to derive from the similar-looking English surname Gann or the Norse-derived Gunn, which have separate origins.
How Popular is the Name Gannon?
Gannon recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2014. Its best rank was #414 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | #17,361 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,216 | 64 | 0.0037% |
| 2024 | #1,861 | 86 | 0.0050% |
| 2023 | #1,717 | 97 | 0.0057% |
| 2022 | #1,311 | 144 | 0.0083% |
| 2021 | #1,067 | 200 | 0.0114% |
| 2020 | #1,027 | 201 | 0.0117% |
| 2019 | #1,074 | 189 | 0.0105% |
| 2018 | #886 | 246 | 0.0136% |
| 2017 | #776 | 302 | 0.0163% |
| 2016 | #707 | 346 | 0.0182% |
| 2015 | #532 | 534 | 0.0279% |
| 2014 | #414 | 751 | 0.0391% |
| 2013 | #841 | 254 | 0.0134% |
| 2012 | #1,077 | 174 | 0.0092% |
| 2011 | #1,441 | 114 | 0.0060% |
| 2010 | #1,361 | 125 | 0.0065% |
| 2009 | #1,160 | 156 | 0.0079% |
| 2008 | #1,034 | 184 | 0.0090% |
| 2007 | #1,018 | 187 | 0.0090% |
| 2006 | #897 | 217 | 0.0106% |
| 2005 | #917 | 192 | 0.0096% |
| 2004 | #866 | 203 | 0.0102% |
| 2003 | #684 | 283 | 0.0143% |
| 2002 | #960 | 167 | 0.0086% |
| 2001 | #1,102 | 129 | 0.0066% |
| 2000 | #1,100 | 128 | 0.0065% |
| 1999 | #1,196 | 107 | 0.0056% |
| 1998 | #1,092 | 118 | 0.0062% |
| 1997 | #1,483 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 1996 | #1,436 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 1995 | #1,592 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1994 | #1,589 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1993 | #2,024 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 1992 | #2,105 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1991 | #2,066 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1990 | #1,821 | 43 | 0.0021% |
| 1989 | #3,133 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #3,001 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #4,057 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #2,627 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #3,266 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #2,736 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #2,301 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1982 | #2,885 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #4,671 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #3,482 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #3,227 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #2,971 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #4,315 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #3,567 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #3,748 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #3,404 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #2,345 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1972 | #1,612 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 1971 | #1,280 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 1970 | #1,720 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1969 | #3,411 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #3,474 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #4,172 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #4,147 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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