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Girl's name · #1014 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Cynthia belongs to an older America first — it reached #7 back in 1957 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1014. About 711,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#324 in Mexico (2024) · #614 in Poland (2025) · #1,001 in Canada (2025) · #1,491 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,905 in France (2025) · #2,138 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,366 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,231 in Austria (2023) · #760 in Scotland (2022) · #1,350 in Belgium (2022) · #868 in Ireland (2016) and 3 more.
Among 1,069 notable people named Cynthia:
Entertainers appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cynthia Nixon, American actress and politician (born 1966).
About 110 girls a year are given Cindy as their full name.
Similar names: Cindy · Karen · Kinslee · Gloria · Susan · Kathleen
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