Cinda — girls' name
4,590 babies named Cinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Cinda was born in this single decade.
219 babies were named Cinda in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,590 babies named Cinda between 1880 and 2011, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 219 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,879 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Cinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 390 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Cinda in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cinda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,590 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cinda at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1880
- Peak year (1953)
- 219
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
4,590 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 219 births in a single year.
Cinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 1,879 births that decade — 41% of Cinda's all-time total
Cinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,879 births
- Runner-up 891 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cinda's strongest decade
1,879 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Cinda by state
Where Cinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 390 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 301 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 231 | 5.0% |
| #4 | California | | 220 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 181 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 170 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 147 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 100 | 2.2% |
390 of 4,590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 8.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cinda appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.