Girls' name · since 1946
Cinthia
6,138 babies named Cinthia in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,138
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cinthia currently ranks #7963 among girls' names in America, with 6,138 babies recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cinthia has been recorded 6,138 times among girls since 1946, currently ranked #7963 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #2,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,963 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,138 born since 1946
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cinthia ranks #2,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,963 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,138 born since 1946, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,138
- born since 1946
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cinthia's 6,138 recorded births place it above 96.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cinthia compares
6,138 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cinthia's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cinthia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,138 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 205 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cinthia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cinthia's full recorded timeline at 1986, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 205 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cinthia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 205
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Cinthia popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1989 (Cinthia as boys' name)
Cinthia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,682 births, 27% of the file).
1990s was Cinthia's strongest decade.
1,682 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Cinthia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s 531
1950s
531 births
- 1960s 562
1960s
562 births
- 1970s 564
1970s
564 births
- 1980s
1980s
938 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,682 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,279 births
- 2010s 408
2010s
408 births
- 2020s 136
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,682 births (27% of all-time use).
How Cinthia 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 Cinthia's total volume
Cinthia by state
Where Cinthia concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,805 | 29.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 884 | 14.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 293 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 161 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 111 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 105 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 50 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 47 | 0.8% |
1,805 of 6,138 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Cinthia appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cinthia's data
- Cinthia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,682 total births); usage has since declined to 136 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cinthias (1,805 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cinthia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Cinthia 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.