Kanaan Boy
How popular is Kanaan?
#2,641 boy name in 2025
49 baby boys were named Kanaan in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
Kanaan popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,641 for boys (▼ 451 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,428 in 2015, #1,788 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (87 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,762 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kanaan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Canaan family of names ranked #851 for boys in 2025 (#838 the year before), with 261 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Canaan | 212 | 81% |
| Kanaan | 49 | 19% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kanaan is most popular
Babies named Kanaan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Kanaan by decade
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Questions
- Is Kanaan a boy or girl name?
- Kanaan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kanaan were boys.
- How popular is the name Kanaan?
- 49 baby boys were named Kanaan in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
- When was Kanaan most popular?
- Kanaan peaked in 2018, when 87 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,762 in 2018.
- How many people are named Kanaan?
- 1,193 babies have been named Kanaan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,183 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kanaan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kanaan was most common in Alabama, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.