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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

girls
#56
6,794 births · 1 in 249 girls
boys
#2,132
14 births · 1 in 127,390 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #56Cindy6,794

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #2,132Cindy14
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 249 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 99.3% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cindy
  1. #53Sherry6,983
  2. #54Catherine6,962
  3. #55Margaret6,960
  4. #56Cindy6,794
  5. #57Janet6,434
  6. #58Gina6,356
  7. #59Kathy6,319
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 127,390 of them was named Cindy, which outranked 53.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cindy
  1. #2,043Washington15
  2. #2,043West15
  3. #2,043Wynn15
  4. #2,132Cindy14
  5. #2,132Alaric14
  6. #2,132Algernon14
  7. #2,132Amando14
  8. #2,216Adriano13
  9. #2,216Albin13
  10. #2,216Allie13

Tied with 83 names at #2,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966