Canyon
Boy · KAN-yon · English
Canyon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “deep gorge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,602nd for boys in the US (106 babies).
What does Canyon mean?
English: English word, from Spanish cañón
“deep gorge”
The English word comes from Spanish cañón, used for the deep gorges of the American Southwest.
- Say it
- KAN-yon
Is Canyon a girl's or a boy's name?
Canyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 106 boys in the US.
How popular is Canyon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,602among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 106about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 106 boys in the US were named Canyon, making it the 1,602nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,473rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 167 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972. 9 girls were also named Canyon in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Canyon than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Canyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 boys in the US were given Canyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,254, up from #1,602 for this spelling alone.
- Canyon 106
- Kanyon 27
Canyon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,602 |
| 2024 | 128 | #1,426 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,390 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 167 | #1,179 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,473 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,494 |
| 2018 | 119 | #1,458 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,467 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,339 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,463 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,510 |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,461 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 107 | #1,517 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,367 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,414 |
| 2007 | 144 | #1,223 |
| 2006 | 157 | #1,112 |
| 2005 | 145 | #1,127 |
| 2004 | 155 | #1,045 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,000 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,333 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,287 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,326 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,319 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,291 |
| 1996 | 63 | #1,571 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 44 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Canyon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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