Mostly men
Styles mostly worn by men. 77 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.
Men's hairstyles have often been shaped by rules: of armies, schools, faiths and governments. For much of the 20th century in the West, men wore short, tidy cuts made at the barber's, from the crew cut to the side-parted regular haircut. Other times and places favoured long hair and topknots, and music and subcultures have regularly pushed men's hair longer, taller or sharper.
The barber's cut
The regular haircut, short at the back and sides and a little longer on top, has been the standard Western men's cut since the late 19th century. The crew cut and the Ivy League were favoured by American college men in the 1950s, and the flattop by servicemen. Black barbering gave the world the fade, cut from skin to length with no visible line, and the line-up, sharp edges at the hairline.
Topknots and long hair
Elsewhere men grew their hair long. Samurai shaved the front of the head and tied the rest in a chonmage; married Korean men wore the sangtu topknot; Chinese men under the Qing wore the queue. Long hair for men returned in the West in the 1960s, and in Czechoslovakia long-haired young men, the máničky, were treated with suspicion by the communist authorities. The man bun and long top of the 2010s are the latest return.
Famous mostly men hairstyles
Regular haircutShort back and sides
Crew cutA short college and military cut
PompadourThe swept-up style of rock and roll
Caesar cutA short cut with a forward fringe
Ivy League haircutA longer crew cut with a parting
FlattopHair cut flat on top
Temple fadeA fade at the temples and nape
ChonmageThe samurai topknotFurther reading
WorldBangs
Strands of hair cut to cover the forehead and fall over the eyebrows.Cut · Any hair · 1880
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreMullet
An asymmetric haircut with short hair at the front and sides, and long hair at the back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldBowl cut
A short haircut with a straight fringe and even length around the head.Cut · Any hair · 1400
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreUndercut
Long top hair with shaved or buzzed sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1910
🇷🇸 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
🇬🇧 United KingdomPageboy
Straight hair hanging below the ear with an inward turn.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇵🇱 PolandCzupryna
A traditional Polish haircut with shaved sides and a long top, worn by nobility.Cut · 1308
🇺🇸 United StatesDevilock
A punk style featuring short sides and a long front section combed forward.Cut · Any hair · 1970
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreRattail
A long strip of hair at the napeCut · Any hair · 1980
EuropeCaesar cut
A short, evenly layered haircut featuring a straight horizontal fringe.Cut · 1980
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreDucktail
A 1950s men's cut with a central rear parting.Cut · Straight hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United States and 3 moreHigh and tight
A military crew cut with shaved sides and a short top.Cut · Any hair · 1980
🇻🇳 VietnamCurtained hair
A parted fringe with short sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1980
WorldShort hair
A general category for haircuts kept above the shoulders or chin.Cut · Any hair · 1920
WorldRegular haircut
Classic men's style with tapered sides and combed top.Cut · Any hair
🇫🇷 FranceTitus cut
Short layered cut with curls from late 18th-century FranceCut · Curly hair · 1791
🇺🇸 United StatesHi-top fade
Tall flat top with shaved sides from hip hop cultureCut · Coily and kinky hair · 1984
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
WorldBrush cut
A very short, uniform haircut following the head shape.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreBroccoli haircut
Tapered sides with curly, layered top hair.Cut · Curly hair · 2018
🇺🇸 United StatesEdgar cut
A tapered Latino youth style with a straight fringe.Cut · Any hair · 2010
WorldWings
A layered cut where side hair flips out like wings.Cut · Wavy hair · 1830
🇺🇸 United StatesIvy League haircut
A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.Cut · Any hair
🇰🇷 South KoreaTwo-block haircut
Long textured top with short tapered sidesCut · Straight hair
WorldTaper
A haircut that gradually shortens hair length from the top down to the sides and back.Cut · Any hair
🇫🇷 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
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreMop-top
A bowl-shaped cut with a straight fringe, popularised by the Beatles.Cut · Straight hair · 1963
🇺🇸 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.
- Mullet: Wordzandguitar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Czupryna: Nieznany malarz polski, Public domain, source
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Broccoli haircut: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, source
- Buzz cut: Fadi El Benni of Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Undercut: Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pageboy: Jacometto Veneziano, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Rockbillyboogie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Curtained hair: Jacques-Émile Blanche, Public domain, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hi-top fade: Kct02, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Temple fade: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Edgar cut: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wings: Sepideh (Sepi), CC BY 2.0, source
- Titus cut: Adrien Pierre François Godefroy, Public domain, 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
- Devilock: mitchbuchannon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bowl cut: Audun Gjerdi, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ducktail: Oceanaris, CC BY 2.0, source