Canyon
Canyon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 126 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1260.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021167 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 3,969people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,719 boys have been named Canyon in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 167 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 35%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 250 girls have also been given it, 6.3% of the total.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Canyon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Canyon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mamadoupeak 2024
- Eoinpeak 2020
- Kailenpeak 2023
- Ibrahimapeak 2002
- Hamzahpeak 2008
- Kylonpeak 2016
- Kanyonpeak 2007
- Shivpeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.