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Baby name
Canaan
Girl Boy
5% girls / 95% boys
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Rising name
5,843births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 669rank at its peak, in 2016
Where babies named Canaan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Canaan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Canaan is most common in Tennessee (4.4 times), Kentucky (4) and Alabama (3.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Kanaan 1,193
Names from the same era
Rare name
324births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 6638rank at its peak, in 2010
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0% | 100% |
| 1980s | 9% | 91% |
| 1990s | 10% | 90% |
| 2000s | 7% | 93% |
| 2010s | 4% | 96% |
| 2020s | 2% | 98% |