Nyan
Boy · NYAHN
Nyan is a boys' name, meaning “wisdom, knowledge”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nyan mean?
Burmese, from Pali
“wisdom, knowledge”
A Burmese name element meaning 'wisdom', from Pali, the language of Theravada Buddhist scripture.
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Is Nyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyan is a boys' name.
How popular is Nyan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Nyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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