NameTides

Cynthia

Cynthia was the #1,013 girls' name in the US in 2025 (247 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,001 in Canada.

Cynthia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cynthia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Cynthia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,013 (247)#2,138 (13)——#1,001 (27)
2024#829 (331)#2,001 (14)——#993 (27)
2023#871 (308)#1,863 (15)——#1,254 (19)
2022#885 (315)#1,685 (17)#760 (3)—#902 (29)
2021#806 (346)#2,499 (10)——#997 (27)
2020#873 (308)#1,556 (19)——#787 (36)
2019#746 (378)#2,170 (12)——#730 (40)
2018#692 (419)#1,977 (14)——#714 (40)
2017#636 (462)#2,925 (8)——#614 (49)
2016#563 (552)#2,547 (10)—#868 (3)#646 (46)
2015#540 (580)#1,601 (19)—#896 (3)#617 (48)
2014#492 (636)#1,501 (20)——#479 (68)
2013#500 (601)#3,160 (7)——#609 (48)
2012#419 (750)#1,387 (23)——#533 (56)
2011#428 (733)#1,729 (16)—#798 (4)#608 (47)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1957 at #7.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cynthia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cynthia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #948CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,087TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Cynthia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7745
Ontario2024#93212

Cynthia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CynthiaCanadaGirls#1,00127
CynthiaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
CynthiaIrelandGirls—too few
CynthiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CynthiaScotlandGirls—too few
CynthiaUSGirls#1,013247
CynthiaUSBoys—too few