How common is the name Cindy?

240,226 people in the United States have the first name Cindy, about 1 in 1,257. It ranks #235 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CINDY

#235

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
240,226
About
1 in 1,257
This common or more
44.5%
Who bears it

Of the 240,226 people named Cindy, 71% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cindy peaked in 1957, when 20,307 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18862025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
20,307
In 2025*
100 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 258,065 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cindy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #88. The largest share of babies named Cindy, 57.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,45715
1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,02035
1910s#4,65181
1920s#4,865117
1930s#2,574277
1940s#5675,486
1950s#9584,107
1960s#8891,808
1970s#19431,017
1980s#34116,192
1990s#40215,134
2000s#6419,901
2010s#1,6013,182
2020s#3,184708
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–6457.9%
Generation X 1965–8024.6%
Millennials 1981–969.8%
Generation Z 1997–125.9%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cindy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cindy has been most common in Wyoming (1.8×), Montana (1.7×), and Idaho (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.61×).

254,596 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cindy

#233 Manuel · 240,816#234 Lawrence · 240,687#236 Jackson · 239,893#237 Vanessa · 239,196

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cindy, most common first.

#2,997 Cindi · 7,473#4,247 Cinda · 4,474#33,953 Cinde · 242

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