Cyan
Cyan was the 4155th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2852nd with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 44 places. More babies were named Cyan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,155 boys, up 2,972 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25boys
- Girls and boys
- 36% girls, 64% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202344 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,520babies recorded
Cyan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,761 | #4,155 | 21 | 25 |
| 2020 | #6,391 | #7,127 | 18 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,975 | #8,282 | 38 | 9 |
| 2000 | #2,286 | — | 68 | — |
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How popular is Cyan, counting every spelling?
Cyan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Cyan?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cyan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cyan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cyan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cyan?
About 400 people born in the US named Cyan are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 3 and 16. That makes Cyan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cyan by state
How common Cyan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Cyan
How popular is the name Cyan?
Cyan was the 4155th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2852nd with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 44 places. More babies were named Cyan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Cyan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 36% girls, 64% boys given the name Cyan in the US.
Where is Cyan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cyan was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and New York.