How Many People Are Named Canyon?
people named Canyon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 84,810 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,086 babies named Canyon in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
184 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Canyon, 6.4% were girls and 93.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 1.9% of the babies were girls then and 8.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Canyon alive today is about 15 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Canyon first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2021, to 184 babies. In 2025, 115 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Canyon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,001, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #1,604.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,604 |
| Best rank | #1,001 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,212 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Canyon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Canyon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 488 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Canyon was given 15 times as often in Utah, 3.3 times in Oklahoma and 2.4 times in Texas.
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