Given name & surname
Cayenne
“resembling the hot and spicy pepper”
Cayenne is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “resembling the hot and spicy pepper.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “resembling the hot and spicy pepper.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cayenne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 442
- 32 boys · 410 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −89%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020; 156 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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