Unisex name · since 1995
Canan
76 babies named Canan in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,225 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,088 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Canan is the #10088 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 76 recorded since 1995.
Canan has 76 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10088 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #19,225 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,088 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Canan ranks #19,225 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,088 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 76 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,225 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,088 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Canan's 76 recorded births place it above 57.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Canan compares
76 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Canan's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Canan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Canan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Canan's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Canan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Canan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1980 (Canan as girls' name)
Canan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Canan's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Canan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Canan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Canan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Canan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.