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Cindy

Pronounced /ˈsɪndi/

Rank in 2024
#1,665
Born in 2024
123
Peak year
1957 · #19
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 123 girls were named Cindy, about 1 in every 13,115.
  • It peaked in 1957 with 20,272 babies, ranked #19.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1886.
  • 257,194 girls have been named Cindy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cindy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 4.2
    Boomers
  4. 2.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.9
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 196 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 1,545 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 149,262 babies, 4.17 per 1,000. Gen X: 63,289 babies, 2.48 per 1,000. Millennials: 25,147 babies, 0.89 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,307 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,423 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia and Lucinda; also used as a formal female given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈsɪndi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Cindy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sandy

    Rank
    #3,266
    Born '24
    48
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19602024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sindy

    Rank
    #9,003
    Born '24
    11
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Cyndi

    Rank
    #17,146
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19592024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Cindi

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19582024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Cinda

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19532024