Girls' name · since 1984
Cindel
203 babies named Cindel in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cindel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 203 recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Cindel recorded 203 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2016.
- #19,645 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 203 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cindel ranks #19,645 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 203
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cindel's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cindel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cindel's full recorded timeline at 1995, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cindel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2016
- Peak year (1986)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Cindel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (86 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Cindel's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Cindel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 86 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Cindel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cindel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1984–2016 (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 Cindel 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.