Girls' name · since 1947
Cindee
Cindee has 880 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 880
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
880 girls have been named Cindee since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cindee has 880 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1983.
- #8,193 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 880 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cindee ranks #8,193 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 880 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #8,193 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 880
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cindee's 880 recorded births place it above 88.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Cindee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cindee's full recorded timeline at 1965, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 79 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cindee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1983
- Peak year (1957)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Cindee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (355 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Cindee's strongest decade.
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Cindee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
355 births
- 1960s
1960s
331 births
- 1970s
1970s
152 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 355 births (40% of all-time use).
How Cindee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cindee's total volume
Cindee by state
Where Cindee concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 9.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
80 of 880 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Cindee appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cindee's data
- Cindee's decade-level peak was the 1950s (355 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cindees (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cindee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cindee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.