Cynthia Name Popularity

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How popular is Cynthia?

Ranking 693rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cynthia is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 7, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1957 with 39,326 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Cynthia was 45 in 1882.

Approximately during the years 1886-1889, 1908-1918, 1921-1924, 1925-1934, and 1935-1957, the name Cynthia took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1957-1979, 1983-1986, 1991-1995, 1996-2009, and 2014-2017.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Cynthia be?

The popularity trend for Cynthia has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Cynthia for their newborn has dropped.

The name Cynthia still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Cynthia is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Cynthia (Girl)		Cynthia (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		416	693	< 5	--
2017		461	636	< 5	--
2016		550	564	< 5	--
2015		579	540	< 5	--
2014		634	491	< 5	--
2013		600	500	< 5	--
2012		749	419	< 5	--
2011		732	428	< 5	--
2010		833	383	< 5	--
2009		893	361	< 5	--
2008		1,074	310	< 5	--
2007		1,232	279	< 5	--
2006		1,420	239	< 5	--
2005		1,572	221	< 5	--
2004		1,520	222	< 5	--
2003		1,662	199	5	11,220
2002		1,832	176	6	9,606
2001		1,920	169	< 5	--
2000		2,038	164	< 5	--
1999		2,224	145	7	8,023
1998		2,632	126	7	7,716
1997		2,713	117	10	5,723
1996		3,189	101	8	6,622
1995		2,958	113	12	4,854
1994		3,159	105	25	2,864
1993		3,383	95	20	3,268
1992		3,549	92	22	3,025
1991		3,707	93	21	3,014
1990		3,794	88	26	2,564
1989		3,777	84	41	1,834
1988		3,786	79	25	2,382
1987		3,395	84	30	2,023
1986		3,423	81	24	2,307
1985		4,130	66	30	1,922
1984		4,623	62	30	1,848
1983		4,551	62	29	1,868
1982		4,426	63	22	2,284
1981		4,857	59	17	2,697
1980		4,700	64	21	2,379
1979		4,934	55	28	1,909
1978		5,404	50	23	2,084
1977		5,782	48	23	2,073
1976		6,014	44	32	1,652
1975		6,540	40	36	1,480
1974		7,554	33	26	1,798
1973		8,744	26	34	1,467
1972		10,171	25	38	1,366
1971		12,145	24	40	1,332
1970		12,922	25	53	1,134
1969		13,520	23	50	1,101
1968		14,050	19	39	1,221
1967		15,337	18	54	986
1966		17,416	11	62	927
1965		19,248	9	61	942
1964		20,320	9	55	1,017
1963		21,593	10	51	1,071
1962		24,021	8	57	1,016
1961		24,378	8	56	1,045
1960		26,723	9	68	917
1959		30,167	8	65	956
1958		31,003	8	65	945
1957		39,326	7	76	863
1956		32,344	8	61	956
1955		27,186	11	48	1,087
1954		27,616	10	34	1,294
1953		25,132	12	31	1,360
1952		19,883	18	27	1,465
1951		16,293	20	25	1,495
1950		14,446	23	30	1,319
1949		12,897	27	20	1,678
1948		12,241	27	23	1,527
1947		10,531	33	26	1,457
1946		6,894	46	19	1,650
1945		3,126	90	12	2,031
1944		2,572	105	5	3,526
1943		2,893	101	9	2,597
1942		2,726	101	15	1,878
1941		2,296	112	5	3,608
1940		1,882	133	12	2,105
1939		1,489	152	< 5	--
1938		1,365	160	< 5	--
1937		1,181	170	7	2,964
1936		983	184	< 5	--
1935		990	179	9	2,573
1934		1,021	179	8	2,786
1933		772	218	5	3,757
1932		637	244	< 5	--
1931		632	238	< 5	--
1930		596	257	< 5	--
1929		487	297	< 5	--
1928		472	305	< 5	--
1927		433	323	< 5	--
1926		392	334	< 5	--
1925		340	371	< 5	--
1924		366	358	< 5	--
1923		310	378	< 5	--
1922		283	388	< 5	--
1921		295	389	< 5	--
1920		285	388	< 5	--
1919		264	396	< 5	--
1918		271	398	< 5	--
1917		240	407	< 5	--
1916		224	418	< 5	--
1915		216	405	< 5	--
1914		183	391	< 5	--
1913		165	374	< 5	--
1912		157	367	< 5	--
1911		105	392	< 5	--
1910		86	428	< 5	--
1909		76	421	< 5	--
1908		56	480	< 5	--
1907		80	395	< 5	--
1906		77	392	< 5	--
1905		63	427	< 5	--
1904		60	419	< 5	--
1903		65	394	< 5	--
1902		63	391	< 5	--
1901		67	368	< 5	--
1900		87	360	< 5	--
1899		71	352	< 5	--
1898		72	368	< 5	--
1897		80	328	< 5	--
1896		63	365	< 5	--
1895		58	371	< 5	--
1894		58	368	< 5	--
1893		73	315	< 5	--
1892		80	305	< 5	--
1891		67	306	< 5	--
1890		79	282	< 5	--
1889		76	273	< 5	--
1888		58	314	< 5	--
1887		55	287	< 5	--
1886		56	277	< 5	--
1885		59	259	< 5	--
1884		59	253	< 5	--
1883		66	219	< 5	--
1882		45	259	< 5	--
1881		47	227	< 5	--
1880		61	197	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.