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Cynthia
Pronounced /ˈsɪn.θi.ə/
Rank in 2024
#827
Born in 2024
331
Peak year
1957 · #7
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 331 girls were named Cynthia, about 1 in every 4,874.
- It peaked in 1957 with 39,340 babies, ranked #7.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 711,201 girls have been named Cynthia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cynthia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 1.3Silent1928–45
- 11.8Boomers1946–64
- 6.4Gen X1965–80
- 2.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,220 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Silent: 26,120 babies, 1.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 423,023 babies, 11.81 per 1,000. Gen X: 164,467 babies, 6.44 per 1,000. Millennials: 60,709 babies, 2.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,058 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,234 babies, 0.26 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Latin Cynthia, from Ancient Greek Κυνθία (Kunthía), feminine of Κύνθιος (Kúnthios, “Cynthian (of or pertaining to Mount Cynthus, a mountain of Delos, celebrated as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)”).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈsɪn.θi.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cynthia, CC BY-SA 4.0.