Cyan

#5,760 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Greenish blue, cyan

Cyan has been given to 1,520 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #5,760 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 98 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% girls, 26% boys all-time.

Babies named Cyan, 2025

1 in 158,000

Cyan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cyan over time

In 2025, Cyan went to 46% girls and 54% boys.

19862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cyan: meaning, origin, and history

Greenish blue, cyan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cyan means

Cyan means “greenish blue, cyan”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,118 girls were recorded with the name Cyan between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 98 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,646 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,387 in 2020 to #5,760 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,872 in 2015 to #5,760 in 2025.

In the United States, 402 boys were recorded with the name Cyan between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,851 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,122 in 2020 to #4,154 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,197 in 2015 to #4,154 in 2025.

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.

How common is Cyan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 76,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,760
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cyan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cyan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cyans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cyan was born before 2005 — so the typical Cyan is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,118
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (509).

Is Cyan 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
+456
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+627
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+112
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.95×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
21.4%
Peak was 1998 (98)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,646
1998

Spellings of Cyan

Cyan is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 32.0% against Cyan's 0.07%.

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.

Where Cyan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Cyan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 299,714 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7New Jersey1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cyan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Cyan is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Cyan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,317,811 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cyan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cyan around the world

Where Cyan 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
    1996–2020
    #5,493
    in 2020
  • France
    1999–2008
    #6,710
    in 2008
  • Canada
    2000–2009
    #2,562
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1991–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Cyan by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,760
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 627
Best rank ever
#1,646
1998
Peak year
1998
98 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,118
Count in 2025
21

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,154
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,968
Best rank ever
#2,851
2023
Peak year
2023
44 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
402
Count in 2025
25

Names similar to Cyan

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Sibling names for Cyan

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

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