Cayenne
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Cayenne is a girls' name, meaning “cayenne pepper”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cayenne mean?
From cayenne pepper, a word from Tupi via French
“cayenne pepper”
Named after the hot red pepper, which shares its name with Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana.
Is Cayenne a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayenne is a girls' name.
How popular is Cayenne in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Cayenne in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayenne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Cayenne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cayenne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayenne, updated 20 October 2026.