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
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 20,272 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 257,294since 1886
Cindy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,927 | 100 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,657 | 124 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,614 | 129 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,942 | 102 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,780 | 114 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,524 | 139 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,319 | 173 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,330 | 170 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,098 | 230 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,030 | 257 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,055 | 249 | — | |
| 2014 | #711 | 395 | — | |
| 2013 | #795 | 342 | — | |
| 2012 | #757 | 367 | — | |
| 2011 | #639 | 446 | — | |
| 2010 | #527 | 553 | — | |
| 2009 | #532 | 567 | — | |
| 2008 | #432 | 731 | — | |
| 2007 | #397 | 820 | — | |
| 2006 | #368 | 881 | — | |
| 2005 | #325 | 988 | — | |
| 2004 | #305 | 1,052 | — | |
| 2003 | #272 | 1,160 | — | |
| 2002 | #258 | 1,221 | — | |
| 2001 | #258 | 1,232 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #263 | 1,244 | — | |
| 1999 | #236 | 1,333 | — | |
| 1998 | #236 | 1,292 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #206 | 1,421 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #195 | 1,497 | — | |
| 1995 | #198 | 1,498 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #196 | 1,507 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #176 | 1,642 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #183 | 1,671 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #184 | 1,612 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #187 | 1,566 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #177 | 1,566 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #179 | 1,558 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #194 | 1,424 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #185 | 1,447 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #174 | 1,594 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #179 | 1,541 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #177 | 1,548 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #167 | 1,729 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #163 | 1,747 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #150 | 1,866 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #136 | 2,087 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #134 | 2,041 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #132 | 2,159 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #120 | 2,262 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #112 | 2,505 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #103 | 2,852 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #92 | 3,280 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #80 | 3,737 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #70 | 4,904 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #72 | 5,049 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #74 | 4,955 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #67 | 5,238 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #59 | 5,781 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #56 | 6,794 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #53 | 7,777 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #47 | 9,322 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #37 | 11,090 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #34 | 12,297 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1961 | #33 | 13,388 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #30 | 14,953 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #25 | 16,973 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #25 | 16,585 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #19 | 20,272 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1956 | #37 | 9,978 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #79 | 5,588 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #91 | 4,714 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #99 | 3,825 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #140 | 2,546 | — | |
| 1951 | #154 | 2,031 | — | |
| 1950 | #185 | 1,467 | — | |
| 1949 | #212 | 1,261 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #213 | 1,163 | — | |
| 1947 | #223 | 1,133 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #284 | 677 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #389 | 332 | — | |
| 1944 | #445 | 264 | — | |
| 1943 | #477 | 237 | — | |
| 1942 | #496 | 225 | — | |
| 1941 | #689 | 104 | — | |
| 1940 | #834 | 73 | — | |
| 1939 | #882 | 63 | — | |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1967
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#15 · 1 in 98
- Wyoming#25 · 1 in 95
- Montana#26 · 1 in 116
- Oregon#28 · 1 in 123
- Idaho#29 · 1 in 125
Best ever in a state: #1 in Utah, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #15 | 91 | 1 in 98 |
| Wyoming | #25 | 17 | 1 in 95 |
| Montana | #26 | 37 | 1 in 116 |
| Oregon | #28 | 104 | 1 in 123 |
| Idaho | #29 | 34 | 1 in 125 |
| Washington | #33 | 159 | 1 in 142 |
| Hawaii | #37 | 29 | 1 in 164 |
| Iowa | #41 | 131 | 1 in 158 |
| Kansas | #43 | 79 | 1 in 171 |
| Nebraska | #43 | 63 | 1 in 158 |
| Alaska | #44 | 15 | 1 in 141 |
| Arkansas | #45 | 66 | 1 in 204 |
| New Hampshire | #45 | 34 | 1 in 138 |
| Oklahoma | #46 | 86 | 1 in 181 |
| Tennessee | #46 | 153 | 1 in 196 |
| Colorado | #48 | 76 | 1 in 201 |
| New Mexico | #50 | 45 | 1 in 180 |
| Vermont | #50 | 19 | 1 in 142 |
| Arizona | #51 | 59 | 1 in 216 |
| Texas | #51 | 360 | 1 in 255 |
| Alabama | #52 | 114 | 1 in 234 |
| North Dakota | #52 | 24 | 1 in 180 |
| Georgia | #53 | 161 | 1 in 229 |
| Maine | #56 | 38 | 1 in 193 |
| Missouri | #56 | 149 | 1 in 225 |
| South Dakota | #56 | 23 | 1 in 187 |
| West Virginia | #56 | 55 | 1 in 224 |
| Indiana | #57 | 167 | 1 in 244 |
| Wisconsin | #58 | 159 | 1 in 210 |
| California | #62 | 571 | 1 in 268 |
| North Carolina | #62 | 147 | 1 in 268 |
| Pennsylvania | #62 | 323 | 1 in 264 |
| Louisiana | #63 | 115 | 1 in 271 |
| South Carolina | #64 | 75 | 1 in 273 |
| Illinois | #65 | 314 | 1 in 272 |
| Rhode Island | #66 | 28 | 1 in 239 |
| Florida | #68 | 140 | 1 in 296 |
| Kentucky | #68 | 84 | 1 in 293 |
| Minnesota | #70 | 118 | 1 in 239 |
| Ohio | #72 | 243 | 1 in 340 |
| Virginia | #72 | 109 | 1 in 307 |
| Michigan | #77 | 232 | 1 in 307 |
| Mississippi | #78 | 56 | 1 in 334 |
| Nevada | #88 | 10 | 1 in 268 |
| Connecticut | #89 | 52 | 1 in 401 |
| Maryland | #92 | 59 | 1 in 437 |
| New York | #92 | 326 | 1 in 428 |
| Massachusetts | #96 | 108 | 1 in 403 |
| New Jersey | #102 | 101 | 1 in 491 |
| Delaware | #105 | 10 | 1 in 369 |
| District of Columbia | #184 | 13 | 1 in 815 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cindy
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1957 at #19 (20,272 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1953–1973
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1938–2014
- Highest: 1 in 101 girls born in 1957 were named Cindy (0.99%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.6% of all girls named Cindy (91,595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #1,108 (1886) | #1,177 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 35 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,756 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,620 (1912) | #2,751 |
| 1920s | 117 | #1,897 (1928) | #2,994 |
| 1930s | 277 | #882 (1939) | #1,703 |
| 1940s | 5,469 | #212 (1949) | #426 |
| 1950s | 83,979 | #19 (1957) | #85 |
| 1960s | 91,595 | #30 (1960) | #49 |
| 1970s | 30,876 | #70 (1971) | #105 |
| 1980s | 16,020 | #150 (1980) | #175 |
| 1990s | 15,039 | #176 (1993) | #200 |
| 2000s | 9,896 | #258 (2001) | #341 |
| 2010s | 3,182 | #527 (2010) | #926 |
| 2020s | 708 | #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 1967
Top girls' names in 1967
Top boys' names in 1967
More about 1967
girls
1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 286 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 99.2% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 145,318 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 48.3% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,242York13
- #2,242Yves13
- #2,242Zolton13
- #2,352Cindy12
- #2,352Ace12
- #2,352Albin12
- #2,352Algie12
- #2,470Adelbert11
- #2,470Agostino11
- #2,470Aldric11
Tied with 117 names at #2,352; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.