Cyntha — girls' name
290 babies named Cyntha in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Cyntha was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Cyntha in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cyntha
The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Cyntha between 1884 and 1983, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cyntha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cyntha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cyntha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cyntha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cyntha 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 290 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.
Cyntha at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cyntha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1884
- Peak year (1969)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
290 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 17 births in a single year.
Cyntha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 119 births that decade — 41% of Cyntha's all-time total
Cyntha decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Cyntha's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Cyntha by state
Where Cyntha concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 290 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% 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, 1884–1983 (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.