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Cindy

/ˈsɪndi/ · 100% girls · 100 born in 2025

Cindy has been given to about 258,065 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1957, which makes it a midcentury name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈsɪndi/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 233,760
Median age today63 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Cindy per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1957 · 20,307
  • Born in 2025100
  • All time258,065
  • England & Wales, 202518

How popular is Cindy?

Its best year was 1957, when 20,307 babies were given the name, ranking 19th. The typical living American called Cindy is about 63 years old today. It is relatively most common in Indiana, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Cindy

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Mindy0.85
  2. Lindy0.85
  3. Windy0.85
  4. Cindi0.79
  5. Candy0.70
  6. Cinda0.68
  7. Kandy0.66
  8. Candi0.64

Middle names for Cindy

Ranked by flow score
  1. Cindy Anne0.81
  2. Cindy Eve0.80
  3. Cindy Elizabeth0.78
  4. Cindy Josephine0.78
  5. Cindy Rose0.77
  6. Cindy Marie0.77

Sibling names for Cindy

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Robinsister · 0.97
  2. Tonybrother · 0.94
  3. Valeriesister · 0.92
  4. Jaybrother · 0.91
  5. Reginasister · 0.90
  6. Dannybrother · 0.89

Where Cindy is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Indiana0.01%
  2. New York0.01%
  3. Georgia0.01%
  4. Texas0.00%
  5. California0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Cindy Anderson0.77
  2. Cindy Reyes0.72
  3. Cindy Nguyen0.72
  4. Cindy Moore0.72
  5. Cindy Lee0.72
  6. Cindy Hall0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Cindy

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. Norway1945–2025
  6. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Cindy across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.