Sypher
Sypher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:J. Hale Sypher (1837–1905), American attorney and politician Lucy Johnston Sypher (1907–1990), American children's writer Marjorie Elliott Sypher (1925–2015), Canadian-born Costa Rican musician Wylie Sypher (1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and academic
Meaning & Origin of Sypher
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sypher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:J. Hale Sypher (1837–1905), American attorney and politician Lucy Johnston Sypher (1907–1990), American children's writer Marjorie Elliott Sypher (1925–2015), Canadian-born Costa Rican musician Wylie Sypher (1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and academic
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The Story of Sypher
Sypher first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2023, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 5 births, good for #12,230 nationwide. Sypher last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Sypher
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sypher is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Cifer
- Suffer
- Sefer
- Suffr
- Cypher
- Safer
- Cipher
- Sofer
- Sopher
- Soffer
- Saffer
- Safr
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sypher
Sypher is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2023 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Sypher's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #12,230. Use the chart and map above to compare Sypher's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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