Cypress
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SY-pres
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,554 for boys
Cypress is a name of English origin, meaning “cypress tree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,554th for boys in the US (110 babies).
What does Cypress mean?
English: English tree name, from Greek kyparissos
“cypress tree”
In Greek myth the youth Cyparissus, grieving for a pet stag he had killed, was turned into a cypress.
Is Cypress a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cypress has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls and 110 boys in the US.
How popular is Cypress in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,554th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 110 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 110 boys in the US were named Cypress, making it the 1,554th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 132 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993. 74 girls were also named Cypress in 2025 (2,410th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cypress in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 boys in the US were given Cypress or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,214, up from #1,554 for this spelling alone.
- Cypress 110
- Cyprus 31
In 2025, 40% of the babies named Cypress in the US were girls.
Cypress in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,554 |
| 2024 | 132 | #1,410 |
| 2023 | 113 | #1,547 |
| 2022 | 96 | #1,737 |
| 2021 | 101 | #1,645 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,261 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Cypress
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares, Colson, Crew, Cooper, Luca, Archer, Ledger, Legend, Sincere, Colter, Cairo, Caspian
Other spellings of Cypress
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Cypress: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cypress, updated 20 October 2026.