girls:
1.1k births since 1986
#4639 (19th percentile)
boys:
334 births since 1995
#4252 (7th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1986
#6333 (18th percentile)
The name Cyan is the #6,333 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,411 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 18.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,639 (18.8% percentile) for all time with 1,077 births since 1986. For boys, it ranks #4,252 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 334 births since 1995.
Cyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Cyan is available in 32 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 25 years for boys). 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 Cyan has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 30.6% of babies named Cyan were girls.
For girls, Cyan reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #781) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 51 births per million (ranked 10.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cyan ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 21.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cyan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #873) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cyan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #873 (4.2% percentile) with 23 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cyan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Cyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.2% confident that Cyan is pronounced as SAI-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAI-an, at 19.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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