Girls' name · since 1953
Cynthie
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 65 babies named Cynthie, peaking in 1964. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cynthie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 65 have been recorded since 1953.
Cynthie has 65 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 1968.
- #31,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cynthie ranks #31,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #31,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cynthie's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cynthie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cynthie's full recorded timeline at 1964, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cynthie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1968
- Peak year (1964)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1968.
65 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 10 births in a single year.
Cynthie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (47 births, 72% of the file).
1960s was Cynthie's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Cynthie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 47 births (72% of all-time use).
Cynthie decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cynthie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1953–1968 (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 Cynthie 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.
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