Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cindy

#164 most common girls' name of all time · #314 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among girls
#164
Rank overall
#314 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
258,065
Since 2016
1,538
Peak year
1957 #19
Best rank
#19 1957
Girls Boys peak 20,307/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cindy first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 100 — 100 #1,929
2024 124 — 124 #1,657
2023 129 — 129 #1,618
2022 102 — 102 #1,943
2021 114 — 114 #1,780
2020 139 — 139 #1,525
2019 173 — 173 #1,319
2018 170 — 170 #1,330
2017 230 — 230 #1,099
2016 257 — 257 #1,031
2015 249 — 249 #1,058
2014 395 — 395 #711
2013 342 — 342 #795
2012 367 — 367 #757
2011 446 — 446 #640
2010 553 — 553 #528
2009 567 — 567 #532
2008 731 — 731 #433
2007 820 — 820 #397
2006 881 — 881 #368
2005 988 — 988 #325
2004 1,052 — 1,052 #305
2003 1,160 — 1,160 #273
2002 1,221 — 1,221 #258
2001 1,232 5 1,237 #258
2000 1,244 — 1,244 #263
1999 1,333 — 1,333 #236
1998 1,292 8 1,300 #236
1997 1,421 8 1,429 #206
1996 1,497 — 1,497 #195
1995 1,498 7 1,505 #198
1994 1,507 12 1,519 #197
1993 1,642 14 1,656 #176
1992 1,671 19 1,690 #183
1991 1,612 12 1,624 #184
1990 1,566 15 1,581 #187
1989 1,566 21 1,587 #177
1988 1,558 18 1,576 #179
1987 1,424 19 1,443 #194
1986 1,447 26 1,473 #185
1985 1,594 17 1,611 #174
1984 1,541 14 1,555 #179
1983 1,548 16 1,564 #177
1982 1,729 17 1,746 #167
1981 1,747 14 1,761 #163
1980 1,866 10 1,876 #150
1979 2,087 13 2,100 #136
1978 2,041 13 2,054 #134
1977 2,159 12 2,171 #132
1976 2,262 8 2,270 #120
1975 2,505 15 2,520 #112
1974 2,852 16 2,868 #103
1973 3,280 17 3,297 #92
1972 3,737 8 3,745 #80
1971 4,904 21 4,925 #70
1970 5,049 18 5,067 #72
1969 4,955 23 4,978 #74
1968 5,238 16 5,254 #67
1967 5,781 12 5,793 #59
1966 6,794 14 6,808 #56
1965 7,777 23 7,800 #53
1964 9,322 20 9,342 #47
1963 11,090 23 11,113 #37
1962 12,297 30 12,327 #34
1961 13,388 20 13,408 #33
1960 14,953 32 14,985 #30
1959 16,973 33 17,006 #25
1958 16,585 20 16,605 #25
1957 20,272 35 20,307 #19
1956 9,978 18 9,996 #37
1955 5,588 10 5,598 #79
1954 4,714 6 4,720 #91
1953 3,825 6 3,831 #99
1952 2,546 — 2,546 #140
1951 2,031 — 2,031 #154
1950 1,467 — 1,467 #185
1949 1,261 5 1,266 #212
1948 1,163 — 1,163 #213
1947 1,133 7 1,140 #223
1946 677 5 682 #285
1945 332 — 332 #390
1944 264 — 264 #446
1943 237 — 237 #477
1942 225 — 225 #496
1941 104 — 104 #691
1940 73 — 73 #837
1939 63 — 63 #886
1938 53 — 53 #979
1937 29 — 29 #1,366
1936 28 — 28 #1,391
1935 29 — 29 #1,367
1934 20 — 20 #1,722
1933 15 — 15 #2,082
1932 19 — 19 #1,838
1931 9 — 9 #3,026
1930 12 — 12 #2,581
1929 12 — 12 #2,625
1928 20 — 20 #1,923
1927 8 — 8 #3,605
1926 13 — 13 #2,604
1925 12 — 12 #2,815
1924 10 — 10 #3,199
1923 14 — 14 #2,493
1922 9 — 9 #3,413
1921 5 — 5 #5,179
1920 14 — 14 #2,492
1919 11 — 11 #2,860
1918 8 — 8 #3,562
1917 10 — 10 #2,937
1916 5 — 5 #4,480
1915 12 — 12 #2,422
1914 8 — 8 #2,702
1913 10 — 10 #2,078
1912 12 — 12 #1,664
1911 5 — 5 #2,564
1909 6 — 6 #2,032
1908 6 — 6 #1,943
1906 6 — 6 #1,814
1902 6 — 6 #1,674
1901 6 — 6 #1,562
1900 5 — 5 #2,005
1895 5 — 5 #1,682
1888 5 — 5 #1,374
1887 5 — 5 #1,258
1886 5 — 5 #1,242