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Canaan

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THE NAME, AT A GLANCE

A closer look at Canaan.

Written length
6 letters
First letter
C
Syllables
About 2
Vowels · consonants
3 · 3
Ends with
N
Name number
7
Popularity data
United States · yearly data below
Spelled backwards
Naanac

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POPULARITY

How popular is Canaan?

How we use the data

Canaan is not in today’s top 200.

It is outside the 2020–2025 top 200, but the official yearly data below shows its whole story.

Canaan over the years

Canaan was last in the U.S. top 1,000 for boys in an earlier year. Its best rank was #671 in 2016, and the most babies got the name in 2016 (385).

Babies named Canaan each year in the U.S., 1980 to 2024 (SSA) 0192385 198019902000201020202024
Boys: 236 in 2022 (#960)Gaps = years outside the top 1,000.
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U.S. Social Security Administration · top 1,000 per year
YearCategoryRankBabies
2022Boys960236
2021Boys954236
2020Boys948231
2019Boys846265
2018Boys828270
2017Boys745318
2016Boys671385
2015Boys806285

Yearly counts from the SSA national data files. Years outside the top 1,000 are not shown and are not zero. More name trends.

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