Cyprian

#4,424 in 2025Boys' name

From Cyprus

Cyprian has been given to 384 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #4,424 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Cyprian, 2025

1 in 144,000

Cyprian over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cyprian: meaning, origin, and history

From Cyprus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cyprian means

Cyprian means “from Cyprus”.

Origin, language, and formation

Cyprian is used in Polish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cipriano.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Cyprian is pronounced /ˈt͡sɘ.prjan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 384 boys were recorded with the name Cyprian between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,918 in 1953.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,287 in 2020 to #4,424 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,161 in 2015 to #4,424 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cyprian?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 144,000; 23 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 74,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,424; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 99,910 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cyprian sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cyprian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cyprians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cyprian was born before 2013 — so the typical Cyprian is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 84.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 374; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (128).

Is Cyprian 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: +678; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +863; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,737; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.09×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (23)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,918; 1953

Spellings of Cyprian

Cyprian is not the most common spelling — Cipriano is, with 85.3% against Cyprian's 14.7%.

Cipriano85.3%2,226
Cyprian14.7%384

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cyprian around the world

Where Cyprian 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.

England & Wales
2005–2023
#3,524
in 2023
Scotland
2008–2009
#626
in 2009
Ireland
2008–2017
#547
in 2017
France
1986–2015
#4,866
in 2015
Canada
1995–1995
#1,910
in 1995
South Australia
1971–1971
#512
in 1971

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Cyprian by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,424
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 863
Best rank ever: #3,918; 1953
Peak year: 2025; 23 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 384
Count in 2025: 23

Names similar to Cyprian

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cyprus Cypress Aydrian Zadrian Amarian Xadrian Rhydian Xzavian Kaspian Kadrian Kyllian Cypher Kassian Zayvian Torrian Jadrian Tayvian Giulian Daymian Dadrian Emilian Daemian Edrian Savian

Sibling names for Cyprian

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Anabel Adelle Annabell Eloisa

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Henri Gavyn

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