Cynthia · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cynthia.

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 1933

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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 66 recorded years as a table

Cynthia, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1933	5
1934	8
1935	9
1937	7
1940	10
1941	4
1942	11
1943	6
1944	4
1945	9
1946	12
1947	14
1948	13
1949	11
1950	17
1951	13
1952	13
1953	16
1954	17
1955	23
1956	29
1957	35
1958	30
1959	30
1960	32
1961	26
1962	28
1963	25
1964	28
1965	33
1966	35
1967	31
1968	22
1969	28
1970	29
1971	23
1972	23
1973	22
1974	17
1975	23
1976	20
1977	14
1978	14
1979	16
1980	12
1981	9
1982	12
1983	16
1984	17
1985	16
1986	13
1987	16
1988	13
1989	20
1990	13
1991	10
1992	11
1993	10
1994	13
1995	6
1996	4
1997	5
1998	4
1999	4
2002	3
2003	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cynthia 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.

More like it

More like Cynthia

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003: 5
Rank in 2003: #10,894
How rare: 1 in 395,069 boys
Since 1933: 1,959

Cynthia was last recorded in 2003. 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 35 per million boys born.

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

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