How Many People Are Named Cynthia?
people named Cynthia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 574 people in the US has this name
Based on 713,412 babies named Cynthia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ββ Common
Peak Year
39,416 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of Greek ΞΟ Ξ½ΞΈΞΉΞ± (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos". This was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, given because Kynthos was the mountain on Delos on which she and her twin brother Apollo were born. It was not used as a given name until the Renaissance, and it did not become common in the English-speaking world until the 19th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cynthia (99.7%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Cynthia alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 69 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Cynthia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 39,416 babies. In 2025, 247 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Cynthia reached #7 among girls' names in 1957, and was in the top 10 in 11 years between 1954 and 1965. In 2025 it ranked #1,014.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,014 |
| Best rank | #7 (1957) |
| Years in the top 10 | 11 |
| Years in the top 100 | 49 (1945 to 1993) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Cynthia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cynthia were born in California than in any other state: about 73,265 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cynthia was given 1.3 times as often in Texas and 1.2 times in California.
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