Canton — #6976 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Canton

The Social Security Administration has registered 520 babies named Canton between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Canton currently holds the #6976 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Canton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Canton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Canton in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Canton 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 520 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.