Canelo comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Cinnamon-colored, cinnamon, cinnamon stick (informal). | Cinnamon-colored, cinnamon (formal)..
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How popular is Canelo?
2024peak year
Today, Canelo is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6657), with only about 15 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2024, 29 babies were given the name (ranked #3797 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Canelo has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 174 babies have been registered as Canelo since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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