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Cindy

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~230,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,927 among girls
Births in 2025
100 258,065 since 1880
Typical age
62 years, median

Cindy popularity over time

Cindy rank by birth year, 1886–2025Cindy ranked #1,108 in 1886 and #1,927 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #19, in 1957.#100#1,000#1,927best #19 in 195718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1886–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Cindy was used most in 1957, when 20,307 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1886. It has held a top-100 place in 21 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,927, with 100 births that year. The ten-year change is -60%. Year on year the rank dropped by 270.

Babies named Cindy per yearPeaks at 20,307 births in 1957.20,307 in 1957018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Cindy?

Roughly 230,600 Cindys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 258,065 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Cindy?

Median age among living Cindys: 62. Most living bearers were born in the 1960s. By the site’s era rules that makes Cindy a mid-century name.

Your Cindy

Ages of living people named CindyHalf of living Cindys are older than 62 and half younger.median 62020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Cindy is most common

Cindy is 2.2× as common in California as it is nationally. New York and Ohio follow.

Where Cindy is used more than average3 states use the name Cindy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.4× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.2× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Cindy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 366 2.2×
New York 128 1.7×
Ohio 65 1.4×

Cindy in England and Wales

ONS recorded 18 births named Cindy in 2025, ranking it #1,639. That is 80% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Cindy comes from

Shortened from Lucinda and Cinderella. In the 20th century adopted as a pet form of Cynthia.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Cindy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Cindy Crawford American model 1966 72
Cindy Sherman American photographer 1954 47
Cindy McCain community organizer 1954 32
Cindy Williams American actress and producer 1947–2023 31
Cindy Klassen Canadian speed skater 1979 30
Cindy Sheehan American antiwar activist 1957 29
Cindy Hyde-Smith American politician 1959 29
Cindy Roleder Track and field athlete 1989 27
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 332 in 1945 to 682 in 1946 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Cindy

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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