Baby name

Cindy

Girl

Origin of the name

Cindy is a pet form of Cynthia or Lucinda.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1957, with 20,272 births and the No. 19 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 114 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1927. 36% of all babies named Cindy since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

257,294births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 19rank at its peak, in 1957

Where babies named Cindy are born

1957

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The darker the blue, the more common Cindy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Cindy is most common in Montana (1.8 times), Wyoming (1.8) and South Dakota (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Mindy 42,615
Candy 28,525
Lindy 8,896
Cindi 7,696
Windy 4,971
Cinda 4,590

Names from the same era

Leslie · Wanda · Anita · Peggy · Diana · Darlene

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