Cypher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-fer
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Cypher is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “secret code; zero”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Cypher mean?
English: the English word, ultimately from Arabic sifr 'zero'
“secret code; zero”
From the word for a secret code, which came via Latin from Arabic sifr 'zero'.
Is Cypher a girl's or a boy's name?
Cypher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cypher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Cypher, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Cypher than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Cypher in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cypher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Cypher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wylder Ledger Archer Wilder Baker Colter Brewer Cooper Walker Colson Miller Chozen
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cypher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cypher, updated 20 October 2026.