Canon Popularity by Year
Follow Canon across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Canon birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 64 | #2,207 | Down 286 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 5 | #14,942 | Up 740 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 82 | #1,921 | Down 70 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 86 | #1,851 | Down 277 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 112 | #1,574 | Up 104 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 98 | #1,678 | Down 189 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 114 | #1,489 | Down 109 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 129 | #1,380 | Up 118 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 115 | #1,498 | Down 10 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 5 | #15,682 | Down 2,969 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 113 | #1,488 | Up 251 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 7 | #12,713 | Up 634 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 89 | #1,739 | Up 28 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 86 | #1,767 | Down 419 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 127 | #1,348 | Up 215 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 100 | #1,563 | Down 144 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 117 | #1,419 | Down 34 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 120 | #1,385 | Up 118 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 7 | #13,347 | Up 2,058 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 108 | #1,503 | Up 43 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 106 | #1,546 | Down 52 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 109 | #1,494 | Up 82 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 6 | #15,405 | Down 3,625 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 99 | #1,576 | Down 109 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 104 | #1,467 | Up 117 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 87 | #1,584 | Up 45 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 79 | #1,629 | Down 38 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 79 | #1,591 | Up 260 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 61 | #1,851 | Up 767 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 36 | #2,618 | Down 603 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 50 | #2,015 | Up 332 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 38 | #2,347 | Up 435 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 29 | #2,782 | Down 656 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 41 | #2,126 | Up 785 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 25 | #2,911 | Up 109 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 23 | #3,020 | Up 2,432 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 10 | #5,452 | Down 1,432 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 15 | #4,020 | Up 852 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 868 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Up 1,647 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 7 | #6,519 | Down 104 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | Down 186 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 1,029 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 8 | #5,200 | Up 259 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 7 | #5,459 | Up 467 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Down 1,593 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | — |
| 1985 | Boys | 9 | #4,333 | Up 1,228 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Down 654 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 7 | #4,907 | Up 1,478 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 917 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Down 409 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 6 | #5,059 | Down 1,401 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | — |