Recorded 1886–2025 · United States
Cindy was most popular in 1957, when 20,307 American babies were given the name — ranking #43 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,530, with 100 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 258,065 people named Cindy.
Cindy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 125 of the 140 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 258,065 American births named Cindy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 228,738 are estimated to be alive today.
100 American babies were named Cindy in 2025, ranking #3,530 that year.
Cindy is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 114 births a year, against 360 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -68% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Cindy is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 258,065 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 228,738 Americans named Cindy are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 52 and 68.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Greek · short form of Cynthia
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org