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Cyan

girls’ name · 74%boys’ name · 26%SteadyCompare

Cyan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 19 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
190.00% of girls
Peak year
199898 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1986
1,473people given the name
Babies named Cyan, by year of birthgirlsboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,097 girls have been named Cyan in the United States since 1986, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 98 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 46%.

Cyan is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are boys (376), most of them born around 2023.

By decade

Decadegirls named Cyan
1980s5
1990s251
2000s509
2010s251
2020s81

In 1998, its biggest year

Cyan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Cyan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.