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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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
1910
1909#1,9576
1908#1,8626
1907
1906#1,7276
1905
1904
1903
1902#1,5946
1901#1,4666
1900#1,9325
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,5925
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

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 1956

girls
#37
9,978 births · 1 in 201 girls
boys
#1,886
18 births · 1 in 117,517 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #37Cindy9,978

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,886Cindy18
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 201 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 99.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cindy
  1. #34Laura10,570
  2. #35Judy10,197
  3. #36Cathy10,132
  4. #37Cindy9,978
  5. #38Kim9,897
  6. #39Debbie9,863
  7. #40Beverly9,449
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 117,517 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 57.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cindy
  1. #1,821Vernal19
  2. #1,821Wynn19
  3. #1,821Zenon19
  4. #1,886Cindy18
  5. #1,886Ace18
  6. #1,886Algie18
  7. #1,886Ariel18
  8. #1,945Agapito17
  9. #1,945Alferd17
  10. #1,945Ardis17

Tied with 58 names at #1,886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956