Girls' name · since 1967
Cinnamon
2,022 babies named Cinnamon in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,022
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cinnamon sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,022 recorded since 1967.
Cinnamon has 2,022 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2010.
- #4,671 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,022 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cinnamon ranks #4,671 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,022 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,671 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,022
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cinnamon's 2,022 recorded births place it above 93.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Cinnamon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cinnamon splits its recorded history at 1989: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 202 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cinnamon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2010
- Peak year (1969)
- 202
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Cinnamon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (685 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Cinnamon's strongest decade.
685 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cinnamon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
334 births
- 1970s
1970s
685 births
- 1980s
1980s
349 births
- 1990s
1990s
488 births
- 2000s 159
2000s
159 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 685 births (34% of all-time use).
How Cinnamon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cinnamon's total volume
Cinnamon by state
Where Cinnamon concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 240 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 117 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 43 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 41 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 39 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 19 | 0.9% |
240 of 2,022 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Cinnamon appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cinnamon's data
- Cinnamon's decade-level peak was the 1970s (685 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cinnamons (240 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cinnamon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1967–2010 (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 Cinnamon 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.