Cindy
Girl · SIN-dee · Greek
Cindy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Mount Kynthos”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
What does Cindy mean?
Greek: pet form of Cynthia, also used for Lucinda
“from Mount Kynthos”
Cynthia was an epithet of the goddess Artemis, said to have been born on Mount Kynthos on Delos.
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Is Cindy a girl's or a boy's name?
Cindy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cindy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Cindy, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 37 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cindy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Cindy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Cindy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,927among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Cindy, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,524th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 20,272 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had fewer girls named Cindy than any year since 1940.
Half of all the girls named Cindy in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were given Cindy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.
- Cindy 100
- Sindy 10
Cindy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,657 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,614 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,942 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,524 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,319 |
| 2018 | 170 | #1,330 |
| 2017 | 230 | #1,098 |
| 2016 | 257 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 249 | #1,055 |
| 2014 | 395 | #711 |
| 2013 | 342 | #795 |
| 2012 | 367 | #757 |
| 2011 | 446 | #639 |
| 2010 | 553 | #527 |
| 2009 | 567 | #532 |
| 2008 | 731 | #432 |
| 2007 | 820 | #397 |
| 2006 | 881 | #368 |
| 2005 | 988 | #325 |
| 2004 | 1,052 | #305 |
| 2003 | 1,160 | #272 |
| 2002 | 1,221 | #258 |
| 2001 | 1,232 | #258 |
| 2000 | 1,244 | #263 |
| 1999 | 1,333 | #236 |
| 1998 | 1,292 | #236 |
| 1997 | 1,421 | #206 |
| 1996 | 1,497 | #195 |
| 1995 | 1,498 | #198 |
| 1994 | 1,507 | #196 |
| 1993 | 1,642 | #176 |
| 1992 | 1,671 | #183 |
| 1991 | 1,612 | #184 |
| 1990 | 1,566 | #187 |
| 1989 | 1,566 | #177 |
| 1988 | 1,558 | #179 |
| 1987 | 1,424 | #194 |
| 1986 | 1,447 | #185 |
| 1985 | 1,594 | #174 |
| 1984 | 1,541 | #179 |
| 1983 | 1,548 | #177 |
| 1982 | 1,729 | #167 |
| 1981 | 1,747 | #163 |
| 1980 | 1,866 | #150 |
| 1979 | 2,087 | #136 |
| 1978 | 2,041 | #134 |
| 1977 | 2,159 | #132 |
| 1976 | 2,262 | #120 |
| 1975 | 2,505 | #112 |
| 1974 | 2,852 | #103 |
| 1973 | 3,280 | #92 |
| 1972 | 3,737 | #80 |
| 1971 | 4,904 | #70 |
| 1970 | 5,049 | #72 |
| 1969 | 4,955 | #74 |
| 1968 | 5,238 | #67 |
| 1967 | 5,781 | #59 |
| 1966 | 6,794 | #56 |
| 1965 | 7,777 | #53 |
| 1964 | 9,322 | #47 |
| 1963 | 11,090 | #37 |
| 1962 | 12,297 | #34 |
| 1961 | 13,388 | #33 |
| 1960 | 14,953 | #30 |
| 1959 | 16,973 | #25 |
| 1958 | 16,585 | #25 |
| 1957 | 20,272 | #19 |
| 1956 | 9,978 | #37 |
| 1955 | 5,588 | #79 |
| 1954 | 4,714 | #91 |
| 1953 | 3,825 | #99 |
| 1952 | 2,546 | #140 |
| 1951 | 2,031 | #154 |
| 1950 | 1,467 | #185 |
| 1949 | 1,261 | #212 |
| 1948 | 1,163 | #213 |
| 1947 | 1,133 | #223 |
| 1946 | 677 | #284 |
| 1945 | 332 | #389 |
| 1944 | 264 | #445 |
| 1943 | 237 | #477 |
| 1942 | 225 | #496 |
| 1941 | 104 | #689 |
| 1940 | 73 | #834 |
| 1939 | 63 | #882 |
| 1938 | 53 | #972 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,355 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
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