Is Cypress a boy or girl name?

Cypress is a unisex name. Of the 2,237 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 46.8% were girls and 53.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Cypress

Recorded 1978–2025 · United States

Cypress was most popular in 2024, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,192 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,332, with 184 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,237 people named Cypress.

Cypress over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cypress’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cypress a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cypress is a unisex name — 46.8% of the 2,237 Americans given it were girls and 53.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 41% girls and 59% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cypress

Where Cypress is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org