Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Cindy name popularity since 1925
257,877 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cindy. Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Cindy is about 64 years old in 2026. Cindy peaked in 1957 as the #19 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 257,877
- Named Cindy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,929 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 257,106 girls · 771 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 1.77× its national share
Peak year is the year Cindy made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cindy births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Cindy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Cindy became 7.2× more common, from 1 in 728 baby girls to 1 in 101.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 3,210 to 1 in 7,170.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cindy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cindy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cindy in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 65 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 277 | 0 | #1,361 |
| 1940s | 5,469 | 17 | #389 |
| 1950s | 83,979 | 128 | #79 |
| 1960s | 91,595 | 213 | #53 |
| 1970s | 30,876 | 141 | #112 |
| 1980s | 16,020 | 172 | #174 |
| 1990s | 15,039 | 95 | #199 |
| 2000s | 9,896 | 5 | #325 |
| 2010s | 3,182 | 0 | #1,060 |
| 2020–25 | 708 | 0 | #1,929 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
58.0% of babies named Cindy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Cindy is most popular
The index compares Cindy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cindy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 1.77× | 615 |
| Montana | 1.74× | 1,311 |
| Idaho | 1.63× | 1,670 |
| South Dakota | 1.56× | 1,281 |
| Iowa | 1.51× | 4,952 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cindy and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy (this page) | 257,106 | 1957 |
| Cindi | 7,696 | 1958 |
| Cyndy | 1,395 | 1958 |
| Cindie | 1,022 | 1957 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cindy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cindy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cindy (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data