Cayenne — #13865 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Cayenne

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Cayenne between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cayenne currently holds the #13865 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Cayenne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 32 additional births since 2012.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cayenne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cayenne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cayenne in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cayenne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 410 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.