How Many People Are Named Cindy?
people named Cindy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,511 people in the US has this name
Based on 258,065 babies named Cindy in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
20,307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CYNTHIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cindy in English. Counting Cindy and these spellings together, about 238,750 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cindy (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cindy alive today is about 57 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cindy first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1957, to 20,307 babies. In 2025, 100 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cindy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #19, in 1957, and it was in the top 100 for 21 years, 1953 to 1973. In 2025 it ranked #1,929.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,929 |
| Best rank | #19 (1957) |
| Years in the top 100 | 21 (1953 to 1973) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #46 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cindy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cindy were born in California than in any other state: about 32,216 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cindy was given 1.9 times as often in Idaho, 1.9 times in Utah and 1.7 times in Wyoming.
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