Girls' name · since 1953
Cynitha
391 babies named Cynitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cynitha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 391 recorded since 1953.
Cynitha has 391 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1983.
- #13,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 391 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynitha ranks #13,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 391 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cynitha's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cynitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cynitha's full recorded timeline at 1967, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cynitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1983
- Peak year (1960)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Cynitha by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (202 births, 52% of the file).
1960s was Cynitha's strongest decade.
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cynitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 78
1950s
78 births
- 1960s
1960s
202 births
- 1970s
1970s
99 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 202 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Cynitha's decade-level peak was the 1960s (202 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- 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 Cynitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1953–1983 (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 Cynitha 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.