Canaan*
#1,526 most common boys' name of all time · #3,710 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,526
Rank overall
#3,710 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
6,167
Since 2016
2,604
Peak year
2016 #671
Best rank
#671 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 385/yr
Canaan first appears in 1973. 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 | 6 | 212 | 218 | #1,045 |
| 2024 | — | 201 | 201 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 10 | 190 | 200 | #1,113 |
| 2022 | 5 | 236 | 241 | #960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 236 | 243 | #955 |
| 2020 | — | 231 | 231 | #952 |
| 2019 | 9 | 265 | 274 | #846 |
| 2018 | 16 | 270 | 286 | #828 |
| 2017 | 7 | 318 | 325 | #745 |
| 2016 | — | 385 | 385 | #671 |
| 2015 | 13 | 285 | 298 | #806 |
| 2014 | 12 | 180 | 192 | #1,076 |
| 2013 | 7 | 149 | 156 | #1,206 |
| 2012 | 14 | 172 | 186 | #1,086 |
| 2011 | 6 | 159 | 165 | #1,140 |
| 2010 | 19 | 163 | 182 | #1,141 |
| 2009 | 16 | 146 | 162 | #1,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | 150 | 161 | #1,186 |
| 2007 | 7 | 137 | 144 | #1,282 |
| 2006 | 9 | 161 | 170 | #1,095 |
| 2005 | 5 | 126 | 131 | #1,256 |
| 2004 | 8 | 118 | 126 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 14 | 119 | 133 | #1,227 |
| 2002 | 9 | 99 | 108 | #1,339 |
| 2001 | 10 | 108 | 118 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 9 | 93 | 102 | #1,368 |
| 1999 | 13 | 79 | 92 | #1,466 |
| 1998 | 13 | 91 | 104 | #1,320 |
| 1997 | 6 | 87 | 93 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | 75 | 82 | #1,406 |
| 1995 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #1,730 |
| 1994 | 8 | 54 | 62 | #1,682 |
| 1993 | 9 | 58 | 67 | #1,569 |
| 1992 | 10 | 44 | 54 | #1,877 |
| 1991 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,857 |
| 1990 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,611 |
| 1989 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #2,527 |
| 1988 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #2,670 |
| 1987 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,207 |
| 1986 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,235 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,056 |
| 1984 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,150 |
| 1983 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1982 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,953 |
| 1981 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,408 |
| 1980 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,084 |
| 1979 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,150 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,818 |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,454 |
| 1976 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,458 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,649 |
| 1974 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,113 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,020 |