Can

Boy · Vietnamese

Can is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).

What does Can mean?

Vietnamese

A unisex given name from Vietnamese.

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Is Can a girl's or a boy's name?

Can is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Can in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 56% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Can, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 27 boys.

Half of all the boys named Can in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Can or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Conn 26
Can 6
Con 4

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 27 in 19982025

Can in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	5	#3,772
2023	3	#5,193
2022	10	#2,279
2021	8	#2,619
2020	0	–
2019	4	#4,126
2018	5	#3,596
2017	6	#3,191
2016	6	#3,241
2015	9	#2,425
2014	5	#3,529
2013	6	#3,096
2012	0	–
2011	9	#2,311
2010	9	#2,306
2009	7	#2,679
2008	5	#3,305
2007	13	#1,667
2006	9	#1,995
2005	18	#1,216
2004	8	#1,983
2003	5	#2,574
2002	14	#1,193
2001	23	#818
2000	15	#1,057
1999	20	#870
1998	27	#702
1997	17	#941
1996	15	#979

How popular is Can in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,190among boys
Babies in 2025: 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Can, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.

2025 had fewer boys named Can than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Can in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Can or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.

Kaan 35
Can 11
Cin 6

1970Busiest: 30 in 20182025

Can in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	11	#7,190
2024	24	#4,318
2023	20	#4,882
2022	19	#5,015
2021	16	#5,557
2020	10	#7,497
2019	27	#3,896
2018	30	#3,603
2017	24	#4,220
2016	28	#3,775
2015	19	#4,888
2014	13	#6,303
2013	11	#7,021
2012	17	#5,250
2011	18	#4,981
2010	16	#5,475
2009	9	#8,305
2008	18	#5,063
2007	9	#8,169
2006	11	#6,899
2005	9	#7,633
2004	20	#4,259
2003	11	#6,251
2002	13	#5,388
2001	12	#5,660
2000	9	#6,832
1999	11	#5,650
1998	7	#7,553
1997	11	#5,282
1996	11	#5,180
1995	8	#6,400
1994	0	–
1993	11	#4,995
1992	11	#4,864
1991	7	#6,511
1990	8	#5,816
1989	5	#7,898
1988	5	#7,264
1987	0	–
1986	0	–
1985	5	#6,517
1984	8	#4,549
1983	5	#6,234
1982	5	#6,383
1981	0	–
1980	0	–
1979	7	#4,840
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	0	–
1972	0	–
1971	0	–
1970	5	#4,722

Names like Can

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Finn Ronan Declan Conan Conlan Keegan Kayden Aiden Caelan Brogan Callan Kian

Other spellings of Can

Conn Con Kaan

Names related to Can

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