Cynthia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Cynthia is a feminine given name. It is often thought to be of Greek origin, but words and names with "inth" are actually Pre-Greek names belonging to another language family, before the Indo-European migrations. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 17th century.

From Wikipedia

Cynthia first appears in the data in 1948 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 242 babies (rank #70 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Cynthia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cynthia yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

6,342
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
242
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19481#110
19512#68
19527#510
19534#821
19545#757
19556#730
19564#846
195714#547
195823#427
195935#359
196031#390
196124#455
196225#457
196327#442
196438#370
196559#268
196680#213
196767#237
1968111#169
1969190#120
1970178#117
1971181#117
1972195#96
1973202#86
1974168#96
1975161#99
1976126#129
1977119#129
1978176#105
1979166#105
1980115#151
1981157#114
1982130#128
1983146#118
1984157#114
1985178#106
1986175#103
1987209#90
1988197#94
1989198#91
1990198#94
1991230#76
1992237#74
1993242#70
1994212#82
1995197#83
1996138#118
1997117#138
1998105#156
1999100#161
200074#209
200173#213
200250#287
200355#254
200435#354
200532#356
200633#345
200729#374
200823#449
200922#445
201018#494
201111#619
201210#638
20138#680
20146#754