Canton Popularity by Year
Follow Canton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Canton 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 | 18 | #5,208 | Up 1,624 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 12 | #6,832 | Up 65 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 12 | #6,897 | Down 750 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Down 809 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 17 | #5,338 | Up 113 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 16 | #5,451 | Down 500 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 19 | #4,951 | Down 475 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 22 | #4,476 | Up 118 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 21 | #4,594 | Down 711 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 27 | #3,883 | Down 518 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 33 | #3,365 | Up 167 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 30 | #3,532 | Down 127 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 31 | #3,405 | Up 1,457 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 19 | #4,862 | Down 1,257 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 29 | #3,605 | Up 2,431 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 14 | #6,036 | Down 1,607 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 22 | #4,429 | Up 111 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 21 | #4,540 | Down 165 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 22 | #4,375 | Up 5,210 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 7 | #9,585 | Down 4,551 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 16 | #5,034 | Down 241 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 17 | #4,793 | Down 679 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 20 | #4,114 | Up 6,553 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 5,277 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 13 | #5,390 | Up 2,819 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 2,553 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 11 | #5,656 | Up 1,904 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 1,705 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 250 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 5 | #9,015 | Down 1,245 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 954 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Down 993 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 8 | #5,823 | Up 1,447 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | — |