Given name
Canh
“of the endless environment”
Canh is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the endless environment.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “of the endless environment.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Canh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,033 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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