Unisex name · since 2003
Cyprus
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 281 babies named Cyprus, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,639 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cyprus is the #3639 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 281 recorded since 2003.
Cyprus has 281 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3639 as of the latest data, more common than 74% 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 2003 to 2025.
- #10,979 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,639 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cyprus ranks #10,979 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,639 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 281 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,979 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,639 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cyprus's 281 recorded births place it above 75.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cyprus compares
281 44th 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
Cyprus's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cyprus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cyprus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cyprus's full recorded timeline at 2015, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cyprus popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Cyprus popularity over time - girls
21 total births recorded since 2006 (Cyprus as girls' name)
Cyprus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (134 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Cyprus's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Cyprus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
134 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 134 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cyprus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Cyprus 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.