Canon is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #16150 in 2018 with 5 recorded births. This places Canon in the bottom 11% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2011 with 7 births ranking #13632. In 2018, approximately 1 in every 340,085 girls born was named Canon. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.