Cynan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUN-an
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Cynan is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Cynan mean?
Welsh: Old Welsh name, related to Irish Conan
In legend Cynan Meiriadog led Britons to settle Brittany; Cynan was also the bardic name of a 20th-century Archdruid.
Is Cynan a girl's or a boy's name?
Cynan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cynan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Cynan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys.
2025 had more boys named Cynan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Cynan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Cynan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Cynan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Kian, Caelan, Aiden, Finn, Conan, Keegan, Conlan, Cody, Logan, Brogan, Brayden
Names related to Cynan
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cynan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cynan, updated 20 October 2026.