Canyon
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #1,602 for boys in 2025, 106 births
- Given to boys 93.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 158 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,827since 1972
Canyon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #1,602 | 106 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,426 | 128 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #1,390 | 133 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,269 | 152 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #1,179 | 167 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #1,473 | 116 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #1,494 | 114 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #1,458 | 119 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #1,467 | 115 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #1,339 | 133 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #1,463 | 115 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #1,514 | 106 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #1,510 | 107 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #1,461 | 112 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #1,517 | 107 |
| 2009 | — | #1,367 | 125 | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #1,414 | 119 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #1,223 | 144 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #1,112 | 157 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #1,128 | 145 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,046 | 155 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #1,001 | 158 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,315 | 101 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,337 | 97 |
| 2000 | — | #1,290 | 100 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,329 | 90 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,322 | 90 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,294 | 88 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,574 | 63 |
| 1995 | — | #1,527 | 62 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Canyon! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Canyon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#515 · 1 in 2,458
- Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- Florida#1,353 · 1 in 11,942
- Texas#1,483 · 1 in 14,588
Best ever in a state: #257 in Utah, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #515 | 8 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| Texas | #1,483 | 12 | 1 in 14,588 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Canyon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 129 spots since 2020 (#1,473 → #1,602)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2003 at #1,001 (158 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,476
- Highest: 1 in 10,476 boys born in 2021 were named Canyon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,114 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,001 in 2003, was only 1 in 12,502 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 34.0% of all boys named Canyon (1,301) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39 | #3,963 (1972) | #4,577 |
| 1980s | 50 | #3,446 (1989) | #5,724 |
| 1990s | 505 | #1,294 (1997) | #2,388 |
| 2000s | 1,301 | #1,001 (2003) | #1,223 |
| 2010s | 1,130 | #1,339 (2016) | #1,477 |
| 2020s | 802 | #1,179 (2021) | #1,390 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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