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.

Cynthia

#35 most common girls' name of all time · #83 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#35
Rank overall
#83 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
713,412
Since 2016
3,666
Peak year
1957 #7
Best rank
#7 1957
Girls Boys peak 39,416/yr
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Cynthia is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 247 — 247 #1,015
2024 331 — 331 #829
2023 308 — 308 #872
2022 315 — 315 #885
2021 346 — 346 #806
2020 308 — 308 #873
2019 378 — 378 #746
2018 419 — 419 #692
2017 462 — 462 #636
2016 552 — 552 #563
2015 580 — 580 #540
2014 636 — 636 #492
2013 601 — 601 #500
2012 750 — 750 #419
2011 733 — 733 #428
2010 835 — 835 #380
2009 893 — 893 #361
2008 1,076 — 1,076 #310
2007 1,234 — 1,234 #278
2006 1,420 — 1,420 #239
2005 1,574 — 1,574 #221
2004 1,521 — 1,521 #222
2003 1,662 5 1,667 #199
2002 1,833 6 1,839 #176
2001 1,921 — 1,921 #169
2000 2,038 — 2,038 #164
1999 2,225 7 2,232 #145
1998 2,631 7 2,638 #127
1997 2,714 10 2,724 #117
1996 3,190 8 3,198 #101
1995 2,957 12 2,969 #113
1994 3,161 25 3,186 #105
1993 3,383 20 3,403 #95
1992 3,548 22 3,570 #92
1991 3,707 21 3,728 #93
1990 3,797 26 3,823 #88
1989 3,778 41 3,819 #84
1988 3,784 25 3,809 #79
1987 3,392 30 3,422 #84
1986 3,422 24 3,446 #81
1985 4,129 30 4,159 #66
1984 4,622 30 4,652 #62
1983 4,553 29 4,582 #62
1982 4,427 22 4,449 #64
1981 4,859 17 4,876 #59
1980 4,700 21 4,721 #64
1979 4,931 28 4,959 #55
1978 5,403 23 5,426 #50
1977 5,782 23 5,805 #48
1976 6,012 32 6,044 #44
1975 6,539 36 6,575 #40
1974 7,557 26 7,583 #33
1973 8,743 34 8,777 #26
1972 10,173 38 10,211 #25
1971 12,143 40 12,183 #24
1970 12,913 53 12,966 #25
1969 13,516 50 13,566 #23
1968 14,050 39 14,089 #19
1967 15,340 54 15,394 #18
1966 17,418 62 17,480 #11
1965 19,239 61 19,300 #9
1964 20,321 55 20,376 #9
1963 21,589 51 21,640 #10
1962 24,025 57 24,082 #8
1961 24,393 56 24,449 #8
1960 26,706 68 26,774 #9
1959 30,186 65 30,251 #8
1958 31,014 64 31,078 #8
1957 39,340 76 39,416 #7
1956 32,339 61 32,400 #8
1955 27,178 48 27,226 #11
1954 27,615 34 27,649 #10
1953 25,140 31 25,171 #12
1952 19,878 26 19,904 #18
1951 16,295 25 16,320 #20
1950 14,447 30 14,477 #23
1949 12,901 20 12,921 #27
1948 12,240 23 12,263 #27
1947 10,530 26 10,556 #33
1946 6,895 19 6,914 #46
1945 3,127 12 3,139 #90
1944 2,570 5 2,575 #105
1943 2,894 9 2,903 #101
1942 2,726 15 2,741 #101
1941 2,296 5 2,301 #112
1940 1,882 12 1,894 #133
1939 1,489 — 1,489 #152
1938 1,365 — 1,365 #160
1937 1,181 7 1,188 #170
1936 983 — 983 #184
1935 990 9 999 #179
1934 1,021 8 1,029 #179
1933 772 5 777 #218
1932 637 — 637 #244
1931 632 — 632 #238
1930 596 — 596 #256
1929 487 — 487 #298
1928 472 — 472 #305
1927 432 — 432 #324
1926 392 — 392 #334
1925 340 — 340 #371
1924 366 — 366 #358
1923 310 — 310 #378
1922 282 — 282 #389
1921 295 — 295 #389
1920 285 — 285 #388
1919 264 — 264 #396
1918 271 — 271 #398
1917 240 — 240 #407
1916 224 — 224 #418
1915 216 — 216 #405
1914 183 — 183 #391
1913 165 — 165 #375
1912 157 — 157 #367
1911 105 — 105 #392
1910 86 — 86 #426
1909 76 — 76 #421
1908 56 — 56 #479
1907 80 — 80 #395
1906 77 — 77 #392
1905 63 — 63 #426
1904 60 — 60 #418
1903 65 — 65 #393
1902 63 — 63 #391
1901 67 — 67 #368
1900 87 — 87 #360
1899 71 — 71 #352
1898 72 — 72 #368
1897 80 — 80 #328
1896 63 — 63 #365
1895 58 — 58 #371
1894 58 — 58 #367
1893 73 — 73 #315
1892 80 — 80 #304
1891 67 — 67 #306
1890 79 — 79 #282
1889 76 — 76 #273
1888 58 — 58 #314
1887 55 — 55 #287
1886 56 — 56 #277
1885 59 — 59 #259
1884 59 — 59 #253
1883 66 — 66 #220
1882 45 — 45 #259
1881 47 — 47 #227
1880 61 — 61 #197