Very short: a crop
The buzz cut, crew cut, caesar and pixie. 26 hairstyles.
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇷🇸 Serbia and 4 moreBuzz cut
A very short, uniform haircut made with clippers.Cut · Any hair · 1890
WorldFlattop
Short sides with a flat, upright top.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesCrew cut
A short, graduated men's haircut with upright top hair.Cut · Thick hair · 1920
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United StatesIvy League haircut
A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.Cut · Any hair
WorldBrush cut
A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.Cut · Any hair
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFrench crop
Short men's cut with faded sides and a blunt fringe.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesSkin fade
A men's haircut where hair blends down to bare skin on the sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bangs: Circle of Girolamo Mocetto (Active 1490-1530), Public domain, source
- High and tight: Chrismillar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- Ivy League haircut: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Robert Benson, Public domain, source
- Short hair: Alex Neman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source