Girls' name · since 1900
Canary
Since 1900, U.S. Social Security records show 428 babies named Canary, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
428 babies have been named Canary since 1900, making it today's #13259 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Canary recorded 428 times among girls since 1900, holding rank #13259 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #12,978 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,259 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 428 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Canary ranks #12,978 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,259 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 428 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Canary's 428 recorded births place it above 82.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Mississippi.
How Canary compares
428 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Canary's all-time total is 14% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Canary | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 428 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Canary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Canary's full recorded timeline at 1932, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Canary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Canary by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (108 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Canary's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Canary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 32
1900s
32 births
- 1910s
1910s
98 births
- 1920s
1920s
108 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
51 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 108 births (25% of all-time use).
Canary by state
Where Canary concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 55 | 12.9% |
55 of 428 births nationwide.
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What to do with Canary's data
- Canary's decade-level peak was the 1920s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Canarys (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi names
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 Canary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Canary 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.