Kannan first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1998. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2018, 26 babies received the name (ranked #4054). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4984), with roughly 20 babies named Kannan each year. Kannan's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 328 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.