Canary — #13485 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Canary

The Social Security Administration has registered 422 babies named Canary between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Canary currently holds the #13485 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Canary performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Canary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Canary in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Canary in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 422 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.