Can
5
Babies in 2024
0%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 27
+67%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Can
Can peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (27 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 5 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Can reached its peak in 1998, when 27 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #644 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 5 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 27 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 277 boys have been officially registered with the name Can in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 59 boys were registered with the name, starting from 5 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.