How Many People Are Named Canaan?
people named Canaan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,214 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,167 babies named Canaan in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
385 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Ham. He is said to be the ancestor of the Canaanite people.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Canaan, 5.3% were girls and 94.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 8.8% of the babies were girls then and 2.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Canaan alive today is about 14 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Canaan first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2016, to 385 babies. In 2025, 218 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Canaan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #671, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,044.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,044 |
| Best rank | #671 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #910 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Canaan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Canaan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 461 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Canaan was given 4.1 times as often in Tennessee, 4 times in Kentucky and 3.8 times in Alabama.
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