Very short: a crop
The buzz cut, crew cut, caesar and pixie. 16 hairstyles.
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇺🇸 United StatesDurag
Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇮🇱 IsraelUpsherin
A first haircut ceremony for Jewish boys, typically held at age three.Cut · Any hair · 1600
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldPixie cut
A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.Cut · 1953
🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut
A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomEton crop
A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇺🇸 United StatesDurag
Close-fitting head cloth for hair protection and style maintenance.Wrapped · Curly hair · 1960
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese hairpin
Traditional Chinese hair ornaments used to secure buns and signify status.Adorned · Any hair
🇮🇱 IsraelUpsherin
A first haircut ceremony for Jewish boys, typically held at age three.Cut · Any hair · 1600
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇦 UkraineOseledets
Traditional Ukrainian Cossack style with a shaved head and long top lock.Shaved · Any hair
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldPixie cut
A short hairstyle with a longer top and very short bangs.Cut · 1953
🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut
A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇬🇧 United KingdomEton crop
A very short, slicked-down women's cut from the 1920s.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldWaves
A ripple pattern formed by brushing short curly hair flat.Curls · Curly hair · 1900
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Upsherin: Vered Peer, CC BY 4.0, source
- Durag: The original uploader was Calliopejen at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.0, source
- Chinese hairpin: Augusthaiho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- Shikha: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oseledets: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pixie cut: dvna creative agency: https://www.dvna.fr/, CC BY 3.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Waves: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source