girls:
895 births since 1978
#4821 (16th percentile)
boys:
947 births since 1993
#3644 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1978
#5914 (24th percentile)
The name Cypress is the #5,914 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,842 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 23.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,644 (20.5% percentile) for all time with 947 births since 1993. For girls, it ranks #4,821 (15.6% percentile) for all time with 895 births since 1978.
Cypress first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Cypress is available in 32 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 29 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cypress is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Cypress were boys. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for girls (57.0% girls from 1978 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (57.8% boys from 2016 to 2023).
For boys, Cypress reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 11.8% percentile (ranked #804) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 61 births per million (ranked 11.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cypress is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #804 (11.8% percentile) with 61 births per million.
For girls, Cypress reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #869) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 40 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cypress is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #882 (6.9% percentile) with 40 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cypress".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cypress. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.8% confident that Cypress is pronounced as SAI-pruhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAI-prehs, at 29.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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