Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cypress**

#2,923 most common boys' name of all time · #7,087 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1978–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,923
Rank overall
#7,087 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
2,237
Since 2016
1,446
Peak year
2024 #1,411
Best rank
#1,411 2024
Girls Boys peak 207/yr
198020002020

Cypress first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 74 110 184 #1,558
2024 75 132 207 #1,411
2023 71 113 184 #1,556
2022 60 96 156 #1,744
2021 73 101 174 #1,655
2020 58 68 126 #2,084
2019 62 69 131 #2,096
2018 43 60 103 #2,270
2017 36 36 72 #3,219
2016 43 66 109 #2,126
2015 41 44 85 #2,745
2014 29 26 55 #3,952
2013 41 25 66 #4,012
2012 22 20 42 #4,760
2011 25 27 52 #3,842
2010 21 15 36 #5,871
2009 17 25 42 #4,092
2008 24 20 44 #4,816
2007 17 12 29 #6,824
2006 18 18 36 #4,979
2005 19 9 28 #7,906
2004 16 8 24 #8,419
2003 18 12 30 #6,054
2002 10 13 23 #5,558
2001 14 18 32 #4,404
2000 14 11 25 #6,117
1999 17 9 26 #6,781
1998 16 6 22 #8,954
1997 9 9
1996 16 16
1995 18 8 26 #6,715
1994 19 7 26 #7,386
1993 5 7 12 #7,256
1978 5 5