Kannan is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “dark or black.” In 2024 it was given to 13 boys in the United States.
Kannan belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “dark or black” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kannan first appears in Social Security records in 1998. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4054 in 2018, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 328 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kannan means “dark or black” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kannan is a boy name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Kannan comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Kannan first appears in US records in 1998. Its best-ever ranking was #4054 in 2018, and 13 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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