girls:
21 births since 2006
#5695 (0th percentile)
boys:
224 births since 2003
#4362 (5th percentile)
overall:
245 births since 2003
#7494 (3rd percentile)
The name Cyprus is the #7,494 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 245 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,362 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,695 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 2006.
Cyprus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Cyprus is available in 19 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 4 years for girls). 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 Cyprus has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 73.9% of babies named Cyprus were boys.
For boys, Cyprus reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Cyprus ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 69.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cyprus reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #946) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Cyprus is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cyprus".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Cypress. View all variations of Cypress.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Cyprus", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Cypress" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Cypress..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cyprus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.7% confident that Cyprus is pronounced as SAI-pruhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-pruhs, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like S AY1 P R AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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