Canon
#2,556 most common boys' name of all time · #6,164 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#2,556
Rank overall
#6,164 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,792
Since 2016
1,019
Peak year
2019 #1,383
Best rank
#1,351 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 129/yr
Canon first appears in 1971. 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 | 5 | 64 | 69 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,927 |
| 2023 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,861 |
| 2022 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,581 |
| 2021 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,684 |
| 2020 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,494 |
| 2019 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,383 |
| 2018 | 5 | 115 | 120 | #1,501 |
| 2017 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #1,495 |
| 2016 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,746 |
| 2015 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,772 |
| 2014 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,351 |
| 2013 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,566 |
| 2012 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,421 |
| 2011 | 7 | 120 | 127 | #1,391 |
| 2010 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,511 |
| 2009 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,549 |
| 2008 | 6 | 109 | 115 | #1,498 |
| 2007 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,589 |
| 2006 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,475 |
| 2005 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,593 |
| 2004 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,605 |
| 2002 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,863 |
| 2001 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,654 |
| 2000 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,035 |
| 1999 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,379 |
| 1998 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,826 |
| 1997 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,149 |
| 1996 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,978 |
| 1995 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,066 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,647 |
| 1993 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,129 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,059 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,851 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,753 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,590 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,516 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,815 |
| 1986 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,369 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,565 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,005 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,247 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,929 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,514 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,938 |