Girls' name · since 1985
Cyndal
225 babies named Cyndal in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cyndal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 225 recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cyndal has been recorded 225 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1985 to 2013.
- #18,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 225 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cyndal ranks #18,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 225 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cyndal's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cyndal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cyndal's full recorded timeline at 1995, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cyndal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2013
- Peak year (1986)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Cyndal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (107 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Cyndal's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Cyndal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 107 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Cyndal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cyndal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1985–2013 (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 Cyndal 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.