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
🇺🇸 United StatesIvy League haircut
A side-parted crew cut with graduated top length.Cut · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesShape-up
A sharp, straight trim along the natural hairline.Shaved · Coily and kinky hair · 1980
WorldHistorical Christian hairstyles
A survey of hair practices in Christianity from antiquity to the early modern period.Shaved · Any hair
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
WorldFrosted tips
Short spiky hair with bleached ends.Cut · Any hair · 1998
🇺🇸 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 StatesInduction cut
Shortest military clipper cut without shaving bald.Shaved · Any hair
WorldNubian wig
A short, curly Ancient Egyptian wig mimicking Nubian tribal hair.Styled · Curly hair
WorldBig hair
A hairstyle style defined by large volume and significant space around the head.Styled · Curly hair · 1960
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreSurfer hair
Tousled, sun-bleached locks from the sea.Styled · Wavy hair · 1950
🇬🇷 GreeceGreco-Roman hairstyles
Hair practices of ancient Greece and Rome, including long locks, short crops, and net head-dresses.Wrapped · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanPunch perm
Tightly curled Japanese male hairstyle from the 1960s.Curls · Straight hair · 1960
EuropeRoman hairstyles
Ancient Roman hair fashions reflecting status and identityUpdo · Any hair
🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreWig
Artificial head covering made from human, animal or synthetic hair.Wrapped · Any hair
WorldHair straightening
A technique to flatten and smooth hair texture using heat or chemicals.Styled · Curly hair · 1950
🇺🇸 United StatesSlicked-back hair
A flat, glossy style combed straight back from the forehead.Styled · Straight hair · 1920
🇪🇹 EthiopiaShuruba
Traditional Ethiopian cornrows and braids worn by women and men.Braid · Any hair
🇿🇦 South AfricaBantu knots
Twisted coils of hair worn as a protective style or permanent look.Styled · Curly hair
WorldTaper
A haircut that gradually shortens hair length from the top down to the sides and back.Cut · Any hair
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 moreMop-top
A bowl-shaped cut with a straight fringe, popularised by the Beatles.Cut · Straight hair · 1963
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreFrench crop
Short men's cut with faded sides and a blunt fringe.Cut · Straight hair · 1920
🇯🇵 JapanMizura
Ancient Japanese hairstyle with side locksStyled · Any hair
🇺🇸 United StatesSkin fade
A men's haircut where hair blends down to bare skin on the sides and back.Cut · Any hair · 1950
🇰🇷 South KoreaTwo-block haircut
Long textured top with short tapered sidesCut · Straight hair
🇺🇸 United StatesMohawk
A haircut with shaved sides and a central strip of upright hair.Cut · Straight hair · 1970
WorldBraids
A hairstyle formed by interlacing three or more strands of hair.Braid · Any hair
🇺🇸 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.
- Shape-up: Stella8358, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brush cut: IMasc, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Broccoli haircut: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hair straightening: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wig: David Ring, CC0, source
- Pompadour: Pearson Scott Foresman, Public domain, source
- Crew cut: greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, source
- Caesar cut: Luděk Kovář, 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
- Induction cut: 霍建华微吧, CC BY 2.5, source
- Nubian wig: Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Big hair: Photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, source
- Surfer hair: Rachel Amarette, CC BY 2.0, source
- Greco-Roman hairstyles: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Punch perm: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Flattop: NASA, Public domain, source
- Roman hairstyles: Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-06-02 14:47:52, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ivy League haircut: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Robert Benson, Public domain, source
- Chonmage: not listed, Public domain, source
- Mohawk: Godmodeking, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Braids: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ducktail: Oceanaris, CC BY 2.0, source