Cynthia
#1,013 for girls in 2025, 247 births · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 39,340 births
- Debut · girls
- 61 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 49 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 711,453since 1880
Cynthia 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 | #1,013 | 247 | — | |
| 2024 | #829 | 331 | — | |
| 2023 | #871 | 308 | — | |
| 2022 | #885 | 315 | — | |
| 2021 | #806 | 346 | — | |
| 2020 | #873 | 308 | — | |
| 2019 | #746 | 378 | — | |
| 2018 | #692 | 419 | — | |
| 2017 | #636 | 462 | — | |
| 2016 | #563 | 552 | — | |
| 2015 | #540 | 580 | — | |
| 2014 | #492 | 636 | — | |
| 2013 | #500 | 601 | — | |
| 2012 | #419 | 750 | — | |
| 2011 | #428 | 733 | — | |
| 2010 | #380 | 835 | — | |
| 2009 | #361 | 893 | — | |
| 2008 | #310 | 1,076 | — | |
| 2007 | #278 | 1,234 | — | |
| 2006 | #239 | 1,420 | — | |
| 2005 | #221 | 1,574 | — | |
| 2004 | #222 | 1,521 | — | |
| 2003 | #199 | 1,662 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #176 | 1,833 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #169 | 1,921 | — | |
| 2000 | #164 | 2,038 | — | |
| 1999 | #145 | 2,225 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #127 | 2,631 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #117 | 2,714 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #101 | 3,190 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #113 | 2,957 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #105 | 3,161 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #95 | 3,383 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #92 | 3,548 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #93 | 3,707 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #88 | 3,797 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #84 | 3,778 | #1,831 | 41 |
| 1988 | #79 | 3,784 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #84 | 3,392 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #81 | 3,422 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #66 | 4,129 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #62 | 4,622 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | #62 | 4,553 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #64 | 4,427 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #59 | 4,859 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #64 | 4,700 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #55 | 4,931 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #50 | 5,403 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #48 | 5,782 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #44 | 6,012 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #40 | 6,539 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #33 | 7,557 | #1,790 | 26 |
| 1973 | #26 | 8,743 | #1,464 | 34 |
| 1972 | #25 | 10,173 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #24 | 12,143 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #25 | 12,913 | #1,132 | 53 |
| 1969 | #23 | 13,516 | #1,097 | 50 |
| 1968 | #19 | 14,050 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #18 | 15,340 | #986 | 54 |
| 1966 | #11 | 17,418 | #926 | 62 |
| 1965 | #9 | 19,239 | #942 | 61 |
| 1964 | #9 | 20,321 | #1,016 | 55 |
| 1963 | #10 | 21,589 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #8 | 24,025 | #1,013 | 57 |
| 1961 | #8 | 24,393 | #1,042 | 56 |
| 1960 | #9 | 26,706 | #916 | 68 |
| 1959 | #8 | 30,186 | #950 | 65 |
| 1958 | #8 | 31,014 | #950 | 64 |
| 1957 | #7 | 39,340 | #861 | 76 |
| 1956 | #8 | 32,339 | #954 | 61 |
| 1955 | #11 | 27,178 | #1,084 | 48 |
| 1954 | #10 | 27,615 | #1,292 | 34 |
| 1953 | #12 | 25,140 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #18 | 19,878 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #20 | 16,295 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #23 | 14,447 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #27 | 12,901 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #27 | 12,240 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #33 | 10,530 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #46 | 6,895 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #90 | 3,127 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #105 | 2,570 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #101 | 2,894 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #101 | 2,726 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #112 | 2,296 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #133 | 1,882 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #152 | 1,489 | — | |
| 1938 | #160 | 1,365 | — | |
| 1937 | #170 | 1,181 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #184 | 983 | — | |
| 1935 | #179 | 990 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #179 | 1,021 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #218 | 772 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #243 | 637 | — | |
| 1931 | #238 | 632 | — | |
| 1930 | #256 | 596 | — | |
| 1929 | #297 | 487 | — | |
| 1928 | #305 | 472 | — | |
| 1927 | #324 | 432 | — | |
| 1926 | #334 | 392 | — | |
| 1925 | #371 | 340 | — | |
| 1924 | #358 | 366 | — | |
| 1923 | #378 | 310 | — | |
| 1922 | #389 | 282 | — | |
| 1921 | #389 | 295 | — | |
| 1920 | #388 | 285 | — | |
| 1919 | #396 | 264 | — | |
| 1918 | #398 | 271 | — | |
| 1917 | #407 | 240 | — | |
| 1916 | #418 | 224 | — | |
| 1915 | #405 | 216 | — | |
| 1914 | #391 | 183 | — | |
| 1913 | #374 | 165 | — | |
| 1912 | #367 | 157 | — | |
| 1911 | #392 | 105 | — | |
| 1910 | #426 | 86 | — | |
| 1909 | #421 | 76 | — | |
| 1908 | #479 | 56 | — | |
| 1907 | #395 | 80 | — | |
| 1906 | #392 | 77 | — | |
| 1905 | #426 | 63 | — | |
| 1904 | #418 | 60 | — | |
| 1903 | #393 | 65 | — | |
| 1902 | #391 | 63 | — | |
| 1901 | #368 | 67 | — | |
| 1900 | #360 | 87 | — | |
| 1899 | #352 | 71 | — | |
| 1898 | #368 | 72 | — | |
| 1897 | #328 | 80 | — | |
| 1896 | #365 | 63 | — | |
| 1895 | #371 | 58 | — | |
| 1894 | #367 | 58 | — | |
| 1893 | #315 | 73 | — | |
| 1892 | #304 | 80 | — | |
| 1891 | #306 | 67 | — | |
| 1890 | #282 | 79 | — | |
| 1889 | #273 | 76 | — | |
| 1888 | #314 | 58 | — | |
| 1887 | #287 | 55 | — | |
| 1886 | #277 | 56 | — | |
| 1885 | #259 | 59 | — | |
| 1884 | #253 | 59 | — | |
| 1883 | #219 | 66 | — | |
| 1882 | #259 | 45 | — | |
| 1881 | #227 | 47 | — | |
| 1880 | #197 | 61 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cynthia was already there! It came in at #197, and was given to 61 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1888, when fewer than 67 girls a year got the name.
Where Cynthia is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#45 · 1 in 263
- Arizona#58 · 1 in 284
- Illinois#84 · 1 in 407
- Texas#86 · 1 in 400
- Nevada#102 · 1 in 380
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #45 | 839 | 1 in 263 |
| Arizona | #58 | 103 | 1 in 284 |
| Illinois | #84 | 173 | 1 in 407 |
| Texas | #86 | 359 | 1 in 400 |
| Nevada | #102 | 24 | 1 in 380 |
| New Mexico | #106 | 21 | 1 in 403 |
| District of Columbia | #124 | 9 | 1 in 391 |
| Washington | #132 | 50 | 1 in 585 |
| Arkansas | #134 | 22 | 1 in 541 |
| Florida | #134 | 118 | 1 in 629 |
| Connecticut | #136 | 27 | 1 in 575 |
| New York | #136 | 153 | 1 in 658 |
| Idaho | #139 | 12 | 1 in 492 |
| Oregon | #145 | 27 | 1 in 609 |
| Nebraska | #155 | 13 | 1 in 622 |
| Virginia | #158 | 47 | 1 in 721 |
| South Carolina | #164 | 22 | 1 in 763 |
| Utah | #170 | 23 | 1 in 718 |
| North Carolina | #171 | 51 | 1 in 825 |
| Georgia | #176 | 53 | 1 in 840 |
| New Jersey | #177 | 49 | 1 in 847 |
| Colorado | #179 | 29 | 1 in 767 |
| Tennessee | #179 | 36 | 1 in 848 |
| Iowa | #185 | 16 | 1 in 879 |
| Oklahoma | #189 | 21 | 1 in 805 |
| Kansas | #195 | 15 | 1 in 864 |
| Indiana | #197 | 33 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Maryland | #222 | 22 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Hawaii | #233 | 5 | 1 in 760 |
| Massachusetts | #235 | 27 | 1 in 1,182 |
| West Virginia | #242 | 6 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Pennsylvania | #244 | 44 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Louisiana | #247 | 19 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Wisconsin | #253 | 19 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Kentucky | #267 | 14 | 1 in 1,456 |
| Missouri | #282 | 19 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Alabama | #286 | 14 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Minnesota | #300 | 15 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Mississippi | #330 | 8 | 1 in 1,523 |
| Michigan | #346 | 25 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Ohio | #373 | 27 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Cynthia
- 184 spots since 2024 (#829 → #1,013)
- 140 spots since 2020 (#873 → #1,013)
- 473 spots since 2015 (#540 → #1,013)
- Biggest jump: 67 spots in 2021 (#873 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 2025 (#829 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1957 at #7 (39,340 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: 11 yrs · run 1956–1965
- Top 100: 49 yrs · run 1945–1993
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2024
- Highest: 1 in 52 girls born in 1957 were named Cynthia (1.9%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,507 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 37.0% of all girls named Cynthia (263,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 582 | #197 (1880) | #257 |
| 1890s | 701 | #282 (1890) | #336 |
| 1900s | 694 | #360 (1900) | #404 |
| 1910s | 1,911 | #367 (1912) | #397 |
| 1920s | 3,661 | #297 (1929) | #353 |
| 1930s | 9,666 | #152 (1939) | #198 |
| 1940s | 58,061 | #27 (1949) | #78 |
| 1950s | 263,432 | #7 (1957) | #13 |
| 1960s | 196,597 | #8 (1961) | #12 |
| 1970s | 80,196 | #24 (1971) | #37 |
| 1980s | 41,666 | #59 (1981) | #71 |
| 1990s | 31,313 | #88 (1990) | #108 |
| 2000s | 15,172 | #164 (2000) | #234 |
| 2010s | 5,946 | #380 (2010) | #540 |
| 2020s | 1,855 | #806 (2021) | #880 |
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.
Cynthia in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 672 of them was named Cynthia, which outranked 99.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 273,052 of them was named Cynthia, which outranked 33.2% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,843Zerrick8
- #6,843Zyan8
- #6,843Zyshon8
- #7,560Cynthia7
- #7,560Aaditya7
- #7,560Abayomi7
- #7,560Abdon7
- #8,479Abby6
- #8,479Abd6
- #8,479Abdi6
Tied with 918 names at #7,560; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.