Cindra — girls' name
604 babies named Cindra in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Cindra was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Cindra in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cindra
The Social Security Administration has registered 604 babies named Cindra between 1945 and 1985, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cindra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cindra performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 307 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cindra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Cindra in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cindra 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 604 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.
Cindra at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cindra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1945
- Peak year (1956)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
604 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 45 births in a single year.
Cindra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 307 births that decade — 51% of Cindra's all-time total
Cindra decade highlights
- Peak decade 307 births
- Runner-up 185 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cindra's strongest decade
307 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Cindra by state
Where Cindra concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 16 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.8% |
28 of 604 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.6% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1945–1985 (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.