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Cynia

Gender
Girl
Say it
sy-NY-uh
Origin
Modern

Cynia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Cynia come from?

Modern: spelling of Cyniah; modern coinage, perhaps influenced by Cynthia

Meaning borrowed from Cyniah.

Is Cynia a girl's or a boy's name?

Cynia is a girls' name.

How popular is Cynia in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.

Half of all the girls named Cynia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 27 in 20092022
Cynia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20227#12,237
20215#15,246
20207#12,137
20195#15,532
20180–
20176#14,120
20165#16,210
20155#16,413
20146#14,552
20135#16,542
201212#9,105
201110#10,370
201014#8,267
200927#5,225
200818#7,069
200716#7,729
200620#6,354
200512#8,878
20048#11,617
200312#8,500
20028#11,102
20010–
20005#15,024

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Cynia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cynia, updated 20 October 2026.