Cindy — #1658 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cindy

The Social Security Administration has registered 257,194 babies named Cindy between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cindy currently holds the #1658 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 20,272 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cindy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 91,594 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cindy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cindy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cindy 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 257,194 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.