Cindy
Cindy was the 1929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 100 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 19th with 20,272 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 869 places. More babies were named Cindy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Cynthia or Lucinda · English, Greek, Latin
Say it SIN-dee /ˈsɪndi/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,929 girls, down 403 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 100girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195720,272 babies
- Total since 1880
- 258,065babies recorded
What does the name Cindy mean?
Cindy is a pet form of Cynthia and Lucinda, and also of Cinderella, as Wiktionary notes. Cynthia is Greek Kynthia, an epithet of Artemis from Mount Kynthos on Delos; Lucinda is a literary elaboration of Lucia, from Latin lux 'light'. Cindy was very popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
Κυνθία (Kynthia) (Ancient Greek, “of Mount Kynthos”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Cynthia, Lucinda, Cindi, Sindy.
See also: Greek names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cindy', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cynthia', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Cindy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 771 since 1946.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,929 | 100 |
| 2020 | #1,526 | 139 |
| 2010 | #528 | 553 |
| 2000 | #263 | 1,244 |
| 1990 | #187 | 1,566 |
| 1980 | #150 | 1,866 |
| 1970 | #72 | 5,049 |
| 1960 | #30 | 14,953 |
| 1950 | #185 | 1,467 |
| 1940 | #834 | 73 |
| 1930 | #2,574 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,487 | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #1,985 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cindy, counting every spelling?
Cindy is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,644 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,929 for Cindy on its own. Together these spellings went to 110 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy | 100 | #1,929 | 569 |
| Sindy | 10 | #10,012 | 56 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cindy?
100 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cindy (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cindy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 84 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cindy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cindy?
About 223,800 people born in the US named Cindy are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 52 and 68. That makes Cindy a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cindy by state
How common Cindy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.6×), Texas (1.6×), New York (1.5×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cindy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cindy, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Cindy · Sibling names for Cindy
Cindy is also a nickname for Cynthia and Lucinda.
Questions about the name Cindy
What does Cindy mean?
Cindy means “pet form of Cynthia or Lucinda” (English, Greek, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Cindy?
Cindy was the 1929th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 100 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 19th with 20,272 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 869 places. More babies were named Cindy in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Cindy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cindy in the US.
Where is Cindy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cindy was most common in California (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.