Cyan
Cyan is given to both girls and boys: 21 girls and 25 boys were given it in 2025 (#5,760 among girls’ names and #4,154 among boys’, #5,931 among all names counting both); 1,520 Americans have been recorded with it since 1986 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,500 Americans named Cyan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 10 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cyan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cyan?
#5,760 among girls’ names, 2025
Cyan rose from #5,872 in 2015 to #5,760 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.3 to 13.1 per million.
98 babies in 1998, the peak
Cyan peaked in 1998, when 98 girls were given it, #1,646 among girls’ names. The 46 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 47% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,760 | 25 | #4,154 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,216 | 41 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,219 | 44 | #2,851 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,137 | 24 | #4,326 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,591 | 17 | #5,376 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,387 | 11 | #7,122 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,936 | 18 | #5,195 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,863 | 15 | #5,824 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,386 | 10 | #7,688 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,172 | 20 | #4,814 |
Every recorded year (34)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,872 | 24 | #4,197 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,289 | 9 | #8,265 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,297 | 14 | #5,979 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,136 | 18 | #5,071 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,093 | 8 | #8,915 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,974 | 9 | #8,276 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,034 | 8 | #9,149 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,952 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,392 | 14 | #5,966 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,990 | 9 | #8,114 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,508 | 11 | #6,719 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,272 | 9 | #7,655 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,422 | 6 | #9,809 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,526 | 8 | #7,779 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,130 | 7 | #8,476 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,282 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,915 | 6 | #8,904 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,646 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,986 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,700 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 6 | #7,981 | |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,204 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,759 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,314 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Cyan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,520 Americans recorded as Cyan, 74% are girls and 26% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cyan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cyan, and how old are they?
1,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 1,520 Americans ever recorded as Cyan. The median Cyan alive today is 19 years old; half are between 10 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 1,238 people named Cyan (1,004 women and girls, 234 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,253 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 41 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 934 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 529 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cyan born?
The states with the most babies named Cyan are California, Texas and New York, with 79% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 121 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 68 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 56 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Colorado | 16 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 13 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 7 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cyan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 2,319 babies since 1880, Cyan is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 46 of their 57 babies (81%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Cyan and names like it
- Compare Cyan and KyannBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCyan peaked in 1998.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cyan since 1910.
- The top names of 1998The year the most babies were named Cyan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Cyan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with CMost given first.