Names / Boy names
Canyon
Current rank
#1,604
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,002
in 2003
First recorded
1972
in U.S. data
Children named
4,000
since 1972
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,002 in 2003 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(KAN-yən): Strong and western. Stateside, it makes its debut in 1972. Its strongest year was 2003, at #1,002 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Over 4,000 have carried it since records began.