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Canyon

#1,604 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Canyon has been given to 4,086 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,604 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 167 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Canyon, 2025

1 in 31,300

Canyon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Canyon over time

In 2025, Canyon went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Canyon: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Canyon means

Canyon is a given name.

The naming story behind Canyon

Wikidata records Canyon as a given name. The entity identifier is Q23010241, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,827 boys were recorded with the name Canyon between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 167 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,001 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,473 in 2020 to #1,604 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,464 in 2015 to #1,604 in 2025.

In the United States, 259 girls were recorded with the name Canyon between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2015; its best national rank was #6,739 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,426 in 2020 to #10,251 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,773 in 2015 to #10,251 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Canyon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,300
106 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 16,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,604
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,679 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Canyon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,679 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Canyon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Canyons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Canyon was born before 2010 — so the typical Canyon is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,827
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2000s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (1,301).

Is Canyon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−177
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−131
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−140
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.92×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.5%
Peak was 2021 (167)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,001
2003

Spellings of Canyon

Canyon is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 41.5% against Canyon's 0.85%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Canyon is used

Across 2016–2025, Canyon was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,538 boys, against 1 in 13,733 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

165 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,538
  2. 2Idaho1 in 4,762
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 5,263
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 6,667
  5. 5Arizona1 in 7,143
  6. 6Texas1 in 10,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 14,286
  8. 8Missouri1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Canyon around the world

Where Canyon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2003–2008
    #2,338
    in 2008

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Canyon

People whose public names include Canyon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Canyon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,604
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 131
Best rank ever
#1,001
2003
Peak year
2021
167 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,827
Count in 2025
106

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,251
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 175
Best rank ever
#6,739
2021
Peak year
2015
18 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
259
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Canyon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Canyon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Canyon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Canyon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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