Girls' name · since 1948
Cynthea
287 babies named Cynthea in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
287 girls have been named Cynthea since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cynthea has 287 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2006.
- #16,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 287 born since 1948
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynthea ranks #16,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 287 born since 1948, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 287
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cynthea's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cynthea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cynthea splits its recorded history at 1968: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cynthea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2006
- Peak year (1958)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Cynthea by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (104 births, 36% of the file).
1950s was Cynthea's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Cynthea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
104 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 104 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Cynthea's decade-level peak was the 1950s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cynthea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1948–2006 (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 Cynthea 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.