Cayman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-man
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Cayman is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “caiman, a crocodilian”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Cayman mean?
English: from the Cayman Islands, named after the caiman reptile
“caiman, a crocodilian”
Taken from the Cayman Islands, whose name comes from caiman, a Carib-derived word for a crocodile-like reptile.
Is Cayman a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cayman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Cayman, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Cayman in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 15% of the babies named Cayman in the US were girls.
Cayman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Nicknames for Cayman
- Cay
Names like Cayman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cannon Keegan Declan Brayden Ronan Deacon Finnegan Kayden Aiden Callan Finn Brennan
Names related to Cayman
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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, “Cayman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayman, updated 20 October 2026.