Cindy
Cindy is a feminine given name. Originally diminutive of Cynthia, Lucinda or Cinderella, it is also commonly used as a name on its own right. The name can also be spelled as Cindee, Cyndee, Syndee, Sindee, Sindi, Syndi, Syndy, Cindi, Cyndi, Cyndy, and Sindy. From 1953 to 1973 it was among top 100 most common female given names.
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Meaning & Origin of Cindy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cindy is a feminine given name. Originally diminutive of Cynthia, Lucinda or Cinderella, it is also commonly used as a name on its own right. The name can also be spelled as Cindee, Cyndee, Syndee, Sindee, Sindi, Syndi, Syndy, Cindi, Cyndi, Cyndy, and Sindy. From 1953 to 1973 it was among top 100 most common female given names.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Cindy
American parents first put Cindy on the record books as a baby girl name in 1886, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 20,272 Cindys were born — ranking #19 that year. About 36% of every Cindy on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cindy ranks #1,729 for baby girls with 118 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 257K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cindy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cindy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cindy
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About the name Cindy
Cindy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 257K births in the dataset. Cindy's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #19. Use the chart and map above to compare Cindy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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