Cyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-an
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Cyan is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “greenish blue”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Cyan mean?
English: English colour word, from Greek kyanos
“greenish blue”
The colour name comes from Greek kyanos, 'dark blue'; cyan is one of the standard inks in colour printing.
Is Cyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Cyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Cyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Cyan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Cyan than any year since 2015.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Cyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Cyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Cyan, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995. 21 girls were also named Cyan in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Cyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
In 1999, 93% of the babies named Cyan in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 46%, with more boys than girls since 2022.
Cyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Cyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Conan Conlan Deacon Caoimhin Conn Keegan Caelan Kayden Corran Brogan Finn Brayden
Other spellings of Cyan
Names related to Cyan
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cyan, updated 20 October 2026.