Cypress
Cypress was the 1554th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 110 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1411th with 132 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,175 places. More babies were named Cypress in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,554 boys, up 520 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 110boys
- Girls and boys
- 39% girls, 61% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024132 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,237babies recorded
Cypress popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,416 | #1,554 | 74 | 110 |
| 2020 | #2,828 | #2,074 | 58 | 68 |
| 2010 | #6,232 | #5,795 | 21 | 15 |
| 2000 | #7,260 | #5,988 | 14 | 11 |
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How popular is Cypress, counting every spelling?
Cypress is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,278 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,554 for Cypress on its own. Together these spellings went to 141 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress | 110 | #1,554 | 552 |
| Cyprus | 31 | #3,594 | 119 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cypress?
110 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cypress (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cypress born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 76 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cypress.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cypress?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Cypress are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Cypress a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cypress by state
How common Cypress was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 34 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cypress: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cypress, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cypress
How popular is the name Cypress?
Cypress was the 1554th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 110 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1411th with 132 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,175 places. More babies were named Cypress in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Cypress a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 39% girls, 61% boys given the name Cypress in the US.
Where is Cypress most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cypress was most common in Oregon (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.