Canio — boys' name

What the Data Says About Canio

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Canio between 1917 and 1933, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Canio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Canio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Canio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Canio in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Canio 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 81 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.