Canaan
Rank in 2025
#13208
recorded as girls
#1044
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
218
girls 6 · boys 212
Peak year
2016
385 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
6,167
since 1973
Born a Canaan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Canaan was most popular in 2016, when 385 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.20 per 1,000). In 2025, 212 babies were named Canaan, ranking #1044 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 13208 | 212 | 1044 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 201 | 1082 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9616 | 190 | 1111 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 236 | 959 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | 236 | 954 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 231 | 950 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10473 | 265 | 845 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7100 | 270 | 827 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12713 | 318 | 745 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 385 | 669 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8447 | 285 | 806 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8966 | 180 | 1074 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | 149 | 1203 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8208 | 172 | 1084 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14824 | 159 | 1136 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6641 | 163 | 1137 |
| 2009 | 16 | 7679 | 146 | 1226 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10084 | 150 | 1182 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | 137 | 1277 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | 161 | 1091 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | 126 | 1253 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | 118 | 1271 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7580 | 119 | 1224 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10246 | 99 | 1332 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | 108 | 1231 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9874 | 93 | 1361 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7239 | 79 | 1457 |
| 1998 | 13 | 7104 | 91 | 1301 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | 87 | 1310 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 75 | 1400 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9553 | 52 | 1706 |
| 1994 | 8 | 9586 | 54 | 1664 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | 58 | 1554 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | 44 | 1844 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 43 | 1823 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 52 | 1587 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 26 | 2469 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 22 | 2599 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11325 | 27 | 2169 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 15 | 3131 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 16 | 2942 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 25 | 2098 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 34 | 1687 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 16 | 2831 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 21 | 2338 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | 15 | 2965 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 14 | 3018 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 10 | 3614 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 19 | 2361 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 4505 |
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Where Canaan is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 5% · boys 95% across all years