Cindey — girls' name
13 babies named Cindey in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
13 girls have been named Cindey since 1956, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1964.
- 13
- total births
- 1956–1964
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Cindey was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Cindey in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cindey
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Cindey between 1956 and 1964, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cindey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cindey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cindey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cindey 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 13 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.
Cindey at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cindey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1956
- Peak year (1956)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
13 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 8 births in a single year.
Cindey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Cindey's all-time total
Cindey decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cindey's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–1964 (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.