Hairstyles of North America
46 hairstyles from North America on EveryHairstyle so far.
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreNatural hair movement
A social and cultural campaign for wearing textured hair without chemical straightening.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesAfro
A rounded style of combed-out natural hair.Natural · Coily and kinky hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A hairstyle with shaved sides and a central strip of longer hair.Shaved · Any hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United StatesBeehive
A conical updo piled high on the crown.Updo · Any hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesFinger wave
S-shaped waves set by hand with comb and gelStyled · Straight hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesConk
Chemically straightened hair popular with African-American men mid-20th century.Styled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesProtective hairstyle
Styles that tuck hair away to reduce breakage and environmental damage.Braid · Coily and kinky hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSilk press
Heat-straightened style for kinky hair without chemicalsStyled · Coily and kinky hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Rachel
Voluminous layered cut popularised by FriendsCut · Straight hair · 1995
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHair extensions
Cosmetic additions of human or synthetic hair attached to natural hair for length and volume.Styled · Any hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesHalo hairstyle
Horizontal bands of light colour wrapping around the head.Styled · Any hair · 2013
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSurfer hair
Tousled, sun-bleached locks from the sea.Styled · Wavy hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesLaid edges
A style arranging fine hair at the hairline into flat decorative waves or swirls.Styled · Fine hair · 1990
🇺🇸 United StatesSpiral perm
A chemical treatment creating tight, vertical curls using rods.Curls · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesPin curls
Vintage wet-set technique for soft waves and volumeStyled · Straight hair · 1930
🇺🇸 United StatesButterfly locs
A lightweight protective style featuring synthetic hair wrapped to create a distressed, looped texture.Styled · Any hair · 2021
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSenegalese twists
Smooth two-strand protective style using synthetic hair.Locs · Any hair · 1984
🇺🇸 United StatesWolf cut
A layered haircut with a shaggy top and tapered ends, described as Gen Z's version of the mullet.Cut · Any hair · 2021
🇺🇸 United StatesHopi squash blossom whorls
Traditional Hopi hairstyle for unmarried maidensStyled · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSlicked-back hair
A flat, glossy style combed straight back from the forehead.Styled · Straight hair · 1920
🇺🇸 United StatesTwist-out
A protective hairstyle created by unraveling twists to form defined waves.Styled · Curly hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Protective hairstyle: Bluenile Photography c/o A. Smith, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Rachel: ABC Television, Public domain, source
- Laid edges: Jean Chassaing, Public domain, source
- Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beehive: MGM, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Finger wave: Unknown author Unknown author (Either deceased family member or work f, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hair extensions: Eunicehair, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Halo hairstyle: Papipacify, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Surfer hair: Rachel Amarette, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mohawk: Duke.emerson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Conk: NBC Television, Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ducktail: Oceanaris, CC BY 2.0, source