Girls' name · since 1955
Cynethia
Cynethia has 190 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1967 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1955
- 1980s
- peak decade
190 girls have been named Cynethia since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynethia has been recorded 190 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1992.
- #20,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 190 born since 1955
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynethia ranks #20,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 190 born since 1955, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1955
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cynethia's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cynethia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cynethia's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1967 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cynethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1992
- Peak year (1967)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Cynethia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (59 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Cynethia's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Cynethia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 59 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Cynethia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- 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 Cynethia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1955–1992 (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 Cynethia 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.