Girls' name · since 2000
Cynia
Cynia has 213 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
213 girls have been named Cynia since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cynia has 213 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2022.
- #19,153 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynia ranks #19,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,153 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cynia's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Cynia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cynia's full recorded timeline at 2011, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cynia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2022
- Peak year (2009)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Cynia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (126 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Cynia's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Cynia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 126 births (59% of all-time use).
Cynia by state
Where Cynia concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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- Cynia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Cynias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
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 Cynia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2000–2022 (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 Cynia 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.