How rare is the name Cyndi?

5,934 people in the United States have the first name Cyndi, about 1 in 50,898. It ranks #3,494 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CYNDI

#3,494

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,934
About
1 in 50,898
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,934 people named Cyndi, 76.5% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cyndi peaked in 1959, when 230 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462024
Peak year
1959
Births that year
230
In 2024
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,568 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Cyndi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,586. The largest share of babies named Cyndi, 45.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#6,66655
1950s#1,929765
1960s#1,5861,273
1970s#2,825539
1980s#3,767436
1990s#6,955247
2000s#11,087176
2010s#20,34772
2020s#39,3255
Baby boom 1946–6445.2%
Generation X 1965–8029.2%
Millennials 1981–9617.2%
Generation Z 1997–127%
2013 and later1.4%

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 Cyndi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cyndi has been most common in California (3.9×), Texas (2.2×), and Washington (1.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.68×).

1,556 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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