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Cynthia

Gender
Girl
Say it
SIN-thee-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,013 for girls

Cynthia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Mount Kynthos”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,013th for girls in the US (247 babies).

What does Cynthia mean?

Greek: from Greek Kynthia, an epithet of Artemis

“from Mount Kynthos”

A title of the Greek goddess Artemis, who was said to have been born on Mount Kynthos on the island of Delos.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Cynthia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 247 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cynthia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,206among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Cynthia, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the girls named Cynthia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#65) and 1944 (#64).

1996Busiest: 23 in 20092025
Cynthia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
202414#2,057
202316#1,873
202220#1,591
202111#2,478
202019#1,647
201912#2,275
201814#2,088
20178#3,102
201610#2,692
201519#1,684
201420#1,596
20139#2,796
201223#1,474
201117#1,755
201019#1,635
200923#1,360
200817#1,679
200716#1,694
200615#1,681
20058#2,555
200417#1,399
20037#2,574
200210#1,874
20019#1,974
20008#2,097
199910#1,770
199811#1,694
19976#2,552
19969#1,862

How popular is Cynthia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,013among girls
Babies in 2025
247about 1 in 6,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 247 girls in the US were named Cynthia, making it the 1,013th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 873rd. Its busiest year was 1957, with 39,340 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Cynthia than any year since 1917.

Half of all the girls named Cynthia in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 260 girls in the US were given Cynthia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #911, up from #1,013 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 39,340 in 19572025
Cynthia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025247#1,013
2024331#829
2023308#871
2022315#885
2021346#806
2020308#873
2019378#746
2018419#692
2017462#636
2016552#563
2015580#540
2014636#492
2013601#500
2012750#419
2011733#428
2010835#380
2009893#361
20081,076#310
20071,234#278
20061,420#239
20051,574#221
20041,521#222
20031,662#199
20021,833#176
20011,921#169
20002,038#164
19992,225#145
19982,631#127
19972,714#117
19963,190#101
19952,957#113
19943,161#105
19933,383#95
19923,548#92
19913,707#93
19903,797#88
19893,778#84
19883,784#79
19873,392#84
19863,422#81
19854,129#66
19844,622#62
19834,553#62
19824,427#64
19814,859#59
19804,700#64
19794,931#55
19785,403#50
19775,782#48
19766,012#44
19756,539#40
19747,557#33
19738,743#26
197210,173#25
197112,143#24
197012,913#25
196913,516#23
196814,050#19
196715,340#18
196617,418#11
196519,239#9
196420,321#9
196321,589#10
196224,025#8
196124,393#8
196026,706#9
195930,186#8
195831,014#8
195739,340#7
195632,339#8
195527,178#11
195427,615#10
195325,140#12
195219,878#18
195116,295#20
195014,447#23
194912,901#27
194812,240#27
194710,530#33
19466,895#46
19453,127#90
19442,570#105
19432,894#101
19422,726#101
19412,296#112
19401,882#133
19391,489#152
19381,365#160
19371,181#170
1936983#184
1935990#179
19341,021#179
1933772#218
1932637#243
1931632#238
1930596#256
1929487#297
1928472#305
1927432#324
1926392#334
1925340#371
1924366#358
1923310#378
1922282#389
1921295#389
1920285#388
1919264#396
1918271#398
1917240#407
1916224#418
1915216#405
1914183#391
1913165#374
1912157#367
1911105#392
191086#426
190976#421
190856#479
190780#395
190677#392
190563#426
190460#418
190365#393
190263#391
190167#368
190087#360
189971#352
189872#368
189780#328
189663#365
189558#371
189458#367
189373#315
189280#304
189167#306
189079#282
188976#273
188858#314
188755#287
188656#277
188559#259
188459#253
188366#219
188245#259
188147#227
188061#197

Nicknames for Cynthia

Names like Cynthia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria Sophia Cassandra Diana Christina Iris Sylvia Athena Daphne Lara Thalia Elena

Other spellings of Cynthia

Cinthia

Names related to Cynthia

Cintia Cyntia

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cynthia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cynthia, updated 20 October 2026.