Kanyon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAN-yon
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Kanyon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “deep gorge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Kanyon mean?
English: spelling of Canyon; English word, from Spanish cañón
“deep gorge”
The English word comes from Spanish cañón, used for the deep gorges of the American Southwest.
Meaning borrowed from Canyon.
Is Kanyon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanyon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Kanyon, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Kanyon than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Kanyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 133 boys in the US were given Kanyon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,254, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Canyon 106
- Kanyon 27
Kanyon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,345 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Names like Kanyon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Deacon Keegan Kian Aiden Brayden Cannon Declan Ronan Kylan Finn Finnegan
Other spellings of Kanyon
Names related to Kanyon
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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, “Kanyon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kanyon, updated 20 October 2026.