Kanyon is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Kanyon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,996 for boy births in the United States (and #8,545 across all names), given to 27 babies. Kanyon was first reported in SSA data in 1991 and peaked in 2007 (66 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,996 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,848 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,351 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | #12,877 | #2,602 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | #12,833 | #3,152 |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | #12,792 | #3,169 |
| 2019 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,395 |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 | #14,699 | #2,689 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | #17,110 | #3,160 |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,744 |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,188 |
| 2014 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,311 |
| 2013 | 41 | 41 | #12,570 | #3,300 |
| 2012 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,741 |
| 2011 | 51 | 51 | #14,045 | #2,722 |
| 2010 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,938 |
| 2009 | 62 | 62 | #18,699 | #2,310 |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | #11,195 | #2,489 |
| 2007 | 73 | 73 | #14,660 | #2,080 |
| 2006 | 68 | 68 | #16,100 | #2,117 |
| 2005 | 71 | 71 | #11,350 | #2,024 |
| 2004 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,943 |
| 2003 | 67 | 67 | #14,758 | #1,921 |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | #14,478 | #2,531 |
| 2001 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,787 |
| 2000 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,072 |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | #15,546 | #2,495 |
| 1998 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,255 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | #14,853 | #3,213 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | — | #2,873 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | — | #4,404 |
| 1994 | 21 | — | #11,096 | #4,418 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,532 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #7,953 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #6,910 |