Kaan
Kaan is a masculine given name and surname meaning "ruler", "King of Kings".
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Kaan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaan is a masculine given name and surname meaning "ruler", "King of Kings".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Kaan
The earliest SSA record of Kaan as a baby boy name dates back to 1982, when 6 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 39 newborns named Kaan — #2,992 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Kaan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kaan ranks #3,441 for baby boys with 34 births, holding steady (+1%). All told, over 925 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kaan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kağan
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About the name Kaan
Kaan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 925 births in the dataset. Kaan's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #2,960. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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