Cypress
#1,554 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Cypress has been given to 2,237 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #1,554 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 132 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.
Babies named Cypress, 2025
1 in 30,100
Cypress over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Cypress over time
In 2025, Cypress went to 40% girls and 60% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Cypress?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 30,100
- 110 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 15,500
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,554
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 20,891 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Cypress sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 20,891 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cypress. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Cypresss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Cypress was born before 2020 — so the typical Cypress is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 52.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 96.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,191
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 52.1% of all recorded uses (620).
Is Cypress rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −143
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +520
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,174
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.50×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 83.3%
- Peak was 2024 (132)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 37.6% average annual change
Where Cypress is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Cypress was most concentrated in Oregon — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 27,983 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Cypress is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Cypress was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 151,338 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 50,000
- 2Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 3Arkansas1 in —
- 4California1 in —
- 5Georgia1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
- 7Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Cypress has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Cypress around the world
Where Cypress ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2008–2023#2,747in 2023
- South Australia2002–2006#657in 2006
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Cypress by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Cypress
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Cypress
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.