Girls' name · since 1951

Cinder

69 babies named Cinder in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#31,234 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,180 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
69
born since 1951
1950s
peak decade

69 babies have been named Cinder since 1951, making it today's #15180 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Cinder recorded 69 times among girls since 1951, holding rank #15180 nationally today, ahead of 12% of girls, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.

  • #31,234 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,180 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 69 born since 1951
  • 1950s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cinder ranks #31,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 69 born since 1951, peaking in the 1950s.

#31,234 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,180 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
69
born since 1951
1950s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.2%
Cinder vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Cinder's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Cinder compares

69 19th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Cinder's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Cinder Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 69 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Cinder's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Cinder's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1951, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Cinder popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
8
Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
456789 195119531955195919621989199920182019202020232025 5

Cinder by decade

1950s is the heaviest window (22 births, 32% of the file).

1950s was Cinder's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.

Cinder births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1950s at 22 births (32% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cinder?
69 babies have been named Cinder since 1951. All-time, it sits at #31,234 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,180 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2019 with 8 births.
Where does Cinder sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cinder ranks #31,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Cinder most popular?
Cinder was most popular in the 1950s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Cinder been used?
Cinder has been recorded in Social Security data since 1951, spanning 75 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Cinder?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cindy, Cindi, Cinthia, Cinda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Cinder's data

  • Cinder's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Cinder: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1951–2025 (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 Cinder 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.