How Many People Are Named Cyan?

1,505

people named Cyan are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 227,099 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,520 babies named Cyan in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,099

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#582

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Peak Year

1998

98 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: SIE-an
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From the English word meaning "greenish blue", ultimately derived from Greek ΞΊΟ…Ξ±Ξ½ΞΏΟ‚ (kyanos).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
73.5%
Male
26.5%

Of the babies given the name Cyan, 73.5% were girls and 26.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Cyan fell from 95.4% in the 1990s to 38.6% in the 2020s.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Cyan alive today is about 16 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 1,475
98%
30 to 59 30
2%
60 and over 0
0%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Cyan first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 1998, to 98 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Cyan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,646, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #5,760. Among boys, its best rank was #2,851, in 2023.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#5,760#4,154
Best rank#1,646 (1998)#2,851 (2023)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#3,112 in the 2000s#3,958 in the 2020s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Cyan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Cyan were born in California than in any other state: about 120 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cyan was given 2.8 times as often in New York, 2.7 times in California and 2.1 times in Texas.

California 120
Texas 67
New York 55
Colorado 16
Florida 13
New Jersey 7
Michigan 7
Illinois 7
Pennsylvania 5
Virginia 5
Washington 5

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