Cindy

#1,927 for girls in 2025, 100 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1957 · 20,272 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
257,294
since 1886

Cindy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #19, 1957girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,927100—
2024#1,657124—
2023#1,614129—
2022#1,942102—
2021#1,780114—
2020#1,524139—
2019#1,319173—
2018#1,330170—
2017#1,098230—
2016#1,030257—
2015#1,055249—
2014#711395—
2013#795342—
2012#757367—
2011#639446—
2010#527553—
2009#532567—
2008#432731—
2007#397820—
2006#368881—
2005#325988—
2004#3051,052—
2003#2721,160—
2002#2581,221—
2001#2581,232#10,5565
2000#2631,244—
1999#2361,333—
1998#2361,292#6,8438
1997#2061,421#6,6188
1996#1951,497—
1995#1981,498#6,9927
1994#1961,507#4,80312
1993#1761,642#4,22714
1992#1831,671#3,33819
1991#1841,612#4,47612
1990#1871,566#3,77915
1989#1771,566#2,90221
1988#1791,558#2,96118
1987#1941,424#2,72519
1986#1851,447#2,16126
1985#1741,594#2,82817
1984#1791,541#3,10714
1983#1771,548#2,78716
1982#1671,729#2,70917
1981#1631,747#3,03014
1980#1501,866#3,83810
1979#1362,087#3,16813
1978#1342,041#3,07013
1977#1322,159#3,20312
1976#1202,262#4,0128
1975#1122,505#2,63715
1974#1032,852#2,45916
1973#923,280#2,31117
1972#803,737#3,6228
1971#704,904#1,98721
1970#725,049#2,12518
1969#744,955#1,72823
1968#675,238#2,03016
1967#595,781#2,35212
1966#566,794#2,13214
1965#537,777#1,62523
1964#479,322#1,79320
1963#3711,090#1,65923
1962#3412,297#1,42330
1961#3313,388#1,82320
1960#3014,953#1,40032
1959#2516,973#1,36033
1958#2516,585#1,76620
1957#1920,272#1,31835
1956#379,978#1,88618
1955#795,588#2,55810
1954#914,714#3,4526
1953#993,825#3,4256
1952#1402,546—
1951#1542,031—
1950#1851,467—
1949#2121,261#3,6905
1948#2131,163—
1947#2231,133#3,0967
1946#284677#3,5255
1945#389332—
1944#445264—
1943#477237—
1942#496225—
1941#689104—
1940#83473—
1939#88263—
1938#97253—
1937#1,35529—
1936#1,37528—
1935#1,35629—
1934#1,69720—
1933#2,05215—
1932#1,81719—
1931#2,9729—
1930#2,55212—
1929#2,58712—
1928#1,89720—
1927#3,5618—
1926#2,56913—
1925#2,77812—
1924#3,14410—
1923#2,46514—
1922#3,3799—
1921#5,0995—
1920#2,46314—
1919#2,81311—
1918#3,5128—
1917#2,87910—
1916#4,4175—
1915#2,38412—
1914#2,6388—
1913#2,03410—
1912#1,62012—
1911#2,4635—
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1909#1,9576—
1908#1,8626—
1907——
1906#1,7276—
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1902#1,5946—
1901#1,4666—
1900#1,9325—
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1895#1,5925—
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1888#1,2765—
1887#1,1475—
1886#1,1085—
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Cindy! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cindy is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cindy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 270 spots since 2024 (#1,657 → #1,927)
  • 403 spots since 2020 (#1,524 → #1,927)
  • 872 spots since 2015 (#1,055 → #1,927)
  • Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1938 (#1,355 → #972)
  • Biggest drop: 344 spots in 2015 (#711 → #1,055)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1957 at #19 (20,272 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1953–1973
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1938–2014
Share of babies · girls
1 in 101
  • Highest: 1 in 101 girls born in 1957 were named Cindy (0.99%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.6% of all girls named Cindy (91,595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#1,108 (1886)#1,177
1890s5#1,592 (1895)#1,592
1900s35#1,466 (1901)#1,756
1910s81#1,620 (1912)#2,751
1920s117#1,897 (1928)#2,994
1930s277#882 (1939)#1,703
1940s5,469#212 (1949)#426
1950s83,979#19 (1957)#85
1960s91,595#30 (1960)#49
1970s30,876#70 (1971)#105
1980s16,020#150 (1980)#175
1990s15,039#176 (1993)#200
2000s9,896#258 (2001)#341
2010s3,182#527 (2010)#926
2020s708#1,524 (2020)#1,741

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cindy in 1886

girls
#1,108
5 births · 1 in 28,907 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #1,108Cindy5
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 28,907 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cindy
  1. #993Yvonne6
  2. #993Zadie6
  3. #993Zilla6
  4. #1,108Cindy5
  5. #1,108Aida5
  6. #1,108Albertine5
  7. #1,108Almyra5

Tied with 174 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →