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Cynthia

Pronounced /ˈsɪn.θi.ə/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1957 · #867
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for girls:331 in 2024 (#827)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Cynthia in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1957 with 76 babies, ranked #867.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1933.
  • 1,960 boys 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.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 87 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 836 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 620 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 382 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 35 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 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.