Boys' name · since 2011
Cypher
187 babies named Cypher in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,816 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cypher is the #5816 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 187 recorded since 2011.
Cypher has 187 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5816 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #13,359 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,816 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 187 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cypher ranks #13,359 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,816 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 187 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,359 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,816 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cypher's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cypher compares
187 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cypher's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cypher | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 187 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cypher's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cypher's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cypher popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Cypher by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (112 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Cypher's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Cypher births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 112 births (60% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cypher: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cypher draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.