Nicanor is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1982 and has since faded.
Nicanor is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Nicanor was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1982 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #10,485 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #8,137 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | #9,434 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | #11,578 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #10,421 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #8,635 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #9,429 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #11,686 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | #9,375 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #9,361 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #9,418 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | #8,790 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #8,113 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,711 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | #6,783 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #5,793 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,843 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #10,491 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #4,849 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #5,916 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #5,808 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #5,562 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #6,680 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #5,181 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #8,677 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #5,026 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #6,200 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #3,772 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #4,505 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #4,162 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,814 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #4,206 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #4,674 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,707 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #4,049 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #4,581 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,611 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,985 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | #2,489 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #2,548 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #3,553 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,714 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,440 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | #3,320 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #4,772 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #3,373 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #2,762 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,907 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #2,946 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,572 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #4,111 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,825 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,290 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #3,454 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,812 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,810 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,910 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #3,905 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,992 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,471 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,397 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,394 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,410 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #2,282 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,194 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #3,032 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,610 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #4,044 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,950 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #2,565 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #4,103 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,868 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,042 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,898 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,817 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,414 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,787 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,050 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,198 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,310 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,833 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,062 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,632 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #3,640 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,201 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,193 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,767 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,037 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,405 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,121 |