Cindy

Boy · recorded 1946–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cindy.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1946

081619461960197419872001

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
Cindy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19463
19474
19493
19533
19543
19555
19569
195716
19589
195915
196015
19619
196215
196311
196410
196512
19668
19677
19689
196913
197010
197112
19725
197311
197410
197510
19765
19777
19788
19798
19806
19818
19829
19839
19848
19859
198614
198710
19889
198910
19907
19916
199210
19937
19946
19954
19974
19984
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cindy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
5
Rank in 2001
#10,556
How rare
1 in 388,576 boys
Since 1946
771

Cindy was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 16 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cindy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.