Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Cynthia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cynthia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

39,340

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

331

All-time

711,201

Cynthia once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 39,340 girls were named Cynthia.

In 2024, only 331 girls were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 711,201 Americans have been named Cynthia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

195739,340 girls named Cynthia

2024331 girls named Cynthia

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