girls:
317 births since 1980
#5399 (6th percentile)
boys:
5.4k births since 1973
#1622 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1973
#3587 (54th percentile)
The name Canaan is the #3,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,745 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 53.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,622 (64.6% percentile) for all time with 5,428 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,399 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 317 births since 1980.
Canaan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1980 for girls).
The name Canaan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Canaan reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 37.1% percentile (ranked #580) with 190 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 190 births per million (ranked 37.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Canaan ranks #726 for boys (20.3% percentile) with 104 births per million, which is 54.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Canaan reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #930) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Canaan ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 53.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Canaan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Canaan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.2% confident that Canaan is pronounced as KAY-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-nan, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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