Girls' name · since 1957
Cindylou
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Cindylou, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Cindylou since 1957, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cindylou has 44 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 1972.
- #36,384 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1957
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cindylou ranks #36,384 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1957, peaking in the 1950s.
- #36,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cindylou's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cindylou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cindylou splits its recorded history at 1961: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cindylou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1972
- Peak year (1959)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Cindylou by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (23 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Cindylou's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cindylou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
23 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 23 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Cindylou's decade-level peak was the 1950s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- 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 Cindylou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1957–1972 (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 Cindylou 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.