Can
#6,860 most common boys' name of all time · #17,225 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among boys
#6,860
Rank overall
#17,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
554
Since 2016
209
Peak year
2018 #3,653
Best rank
#3,653 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Can first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,325 |
| 2024 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,358 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,946 |
| 2022 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,077 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,639 |
| 2020 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,655 |
| 2019 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,947 |
| 2018 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,653 |
| 2017 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,265 |
| 2016 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,819 |
| 2015 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,949 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,406 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,166 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,345 |
| 2011 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,065 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,570 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,487 |
| 2008 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,126 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,381 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,067 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,851 |
| 2004 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,319 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,401 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,517 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,800 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,023 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,796 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,855 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,434 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,341 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,640 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,176 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,054 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,839 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,101 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,410 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,752 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,049 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,803 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,797 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,872 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,178 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,317 |