Cengiz

Boys' name

From Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Cengiz has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Cengiz, 1996

1 in 729,000

Cengiz over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cengiz: meaning, origin, and history

From Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ; literal meaning unconfirmed

Middle Mongol

What Cengiz means

Cengiz is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Cengiz is used in Turkish. Its origins include Middle Mongol.

Cengiz comes through Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Cengiz is pronounced /d͡ʒenˈɟiz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Cengiz between 1996 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1996; its best national rank was #9,207 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cengiz?

Cengiz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1996, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1996: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,646,048 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1996: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cengiz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1996 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,451 children born in 1996 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cengiz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cengizs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cengiz was born before 1996 — so the typical Cengiz is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Cengiz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (5)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,207; 1996

Spellings of Cengiz

Cengiz is not the most common spelling — Deniz is, with 99.6% against Cengiz's 0.41%.

Deniz99.6%1,212
Cengiz0.41%5

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cengiz around the world

Where Cengiz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2022
#3,450
in 2022
France
1973–2023
#5,154
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Cengiz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,207; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 5 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 1996
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cengiz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Central Centwane Cena Yagiz Centrell

Sibling names for Cengiz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iman Breann Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania Salena

For a brother

Austyn Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Samual Tristin Rashawn

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