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Origin & history of Canton1
ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Canton comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning City; administrative division; trading post..
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How popular is Canton?
2015
peak year
The name Canton reached its peak in 2015, with 33 registrations (ranked #3380). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1988, roughly 27 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5228) today, averaging about 19 new babies per year. Canton has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 520 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
33
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #3,380)
(ranked #3,380)
19
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
190
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
520
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Canton4
Life path number
The Builder
Discipline, reliability and masterful building.
🏗️Builder
📋Organised
💪Hardworking
🎯Detail-oriented
C3
A1
N5
T2
O6
N5
Sum: 22 → Life path 4
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Personality of Canton🏛️
Steady & reliable
When they make a promise, they keep it.
📐
Methodical
Thorough, careful, precise.
💪
Quietly powerful
Their strength is always there when it matters.
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Grounded
No matter what swirls around them, they stay centred.
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