Kanaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-nan
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,641 for boys
Kanaan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,641st for boys in the US (49 babies).
What does Kanaan mean?
Hebrew: form of Canaan
Canaan is the biblical name of the Promised Land and of Noah's grandson, the son of Ham.
Is Kanaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,641st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 35,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were named Kanaan, making it the 2,641st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,788th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Kanaan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kanaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Kanaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #2,641 for this spelling alone.
Kanaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,641 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 87 | #1,762 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
Names like Kanaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivaan, Vihaan, Aarav, Avi, Krishiv, Ishaan, Vivaan, Avyaan, Kash, Nirvaan, Viraj, Yuvaan
Other spellings of Kanaan
Kanan, Kainen, Cainan, Kainan, Kaynan, Kanen, Cainen, Kainon, Kaynen, Kaenan, Cannan
Names related to Kanaan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kanaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kanaan, updated 20 October 2026.