Cinderella
Girl · sin-der-EL-a · French
Cinderella is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “little ash girl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Cinderella mean?
French: English form of French Cendrillon, from cendre 'ashes'
“little ash girl”
The fairy-tale heroine is best known from Charles Perrault's 1697 version, Cendrillon.
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Is Cinderella a girl's or a boy's name?
Cinderella is a girls' name.
How popular is Cinderella in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Cinderella in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cinderella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
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