Cynde — girls' name
264 babies named Cynde in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Cynde was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Cynde in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cynde
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Cynde between 1947 and 1978, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cynde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cynde performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cynde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cynde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cynde 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 264 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.
Cynde at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cynde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1947
- Peak year (1957)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
264 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 25 births in a single year.
Cynde by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 110 births that decade — 42% of Cynde's all-time total
Cynde decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cynde's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Cynde by state
Where Cynde concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 3.4% |
9 of 264 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.