girls:
256 births since 1992
#5460 (4th percentile)
boys:
976 births since 1985
#3616 (21st percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1985
#6508 (16th percentile)
The name Cayman is the #6,508 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,232 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,616 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 976 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #5,460 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 256 births since 1992.
Cayman first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Cayman is available in 36 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 22 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cayman has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Cayman were boys.
For boys, Cayman reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #825) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cayman ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 26.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cayman reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #944) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cayman".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cayman. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.3% confident that Cayman is pronounced as KAY-muhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-man, at 8.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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