Cynthia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cynthia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cynthia: Recorded since 1964, it reached #225 in 1968, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#2411
1998	#1571
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2001	#1870
2002	#1784
2003	#2436
2004	#1459
2005	#2438
2006	#1748
2007	#1656
2008	#1584
2009	#1365
2010	#1520
2011	#1729
2012	#1387
2013	#3160
2014	#1501
2015	#1601
2016	#2547
2017	#2925
2018	#1977
2019	#2170
2020	#1556
2021	#2499
2022	#1685
2023	#1863
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 53 years from 1964 to 2016.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2547 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #257 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2016
Highest recorded position: #225 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cynthia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 221 births with the name.

Cynthia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cynthia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#257 (1964)	#225 (1968)	#868 (2016)	35 of 53	221 (1964–2016)	13 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1365 (2009)	#2000 (2024)	29 of 29	381 (1996–2024)	23 (2012)

Cynthia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cynthia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	52	6 of 10	9
1970s	78	10 of 10	8
1980s	46	8 of 10	6
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Cynthia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #225 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Cynthia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	11	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	9	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	8	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Cynan · #1744, 27y
Cyprian · #448, 17y
Cyra · #883, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eskild · #225, 54y
Mandy · #220, 54y
Torben · #231, 60y
Bernice · #236, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Leyla · #224, 50y
Phyllis · #226, 34y
Rasa · #226, 30y
Darach · #227, 32y

Cynthia was ranked #225 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cynthia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cynthia without appearing here.

Cynthia moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #4684.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1556 and #4535.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Cynthia

Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1459 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #951.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1459 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #1295.
Alma Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1459 and #1535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #1500.

Moved the opposite way to Cynthia

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 while Ada went from #372 to #166.
Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 while Aisling went from #154 to #77.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 while Alexandra went from #222 to #91.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 while Alice went from #57 to #34.

Moved the same way as Cynthia

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 and Alma from #327 to #515.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 and Amanda from #118 to #419.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 and Angela from #24 to #515.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cynthia went from #257 to #868 and Anita from #130 to #868.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #225 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cynthia

Cynthia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cynthia across 2 official records

Cynthia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cynthia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Cynthia and the names beside it

Cynthia moved ahead of

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Cynthia at a glance

Cynthia across 2 official records

Cynthia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cynthia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Cynthia

Cynthia and the names beside it

Cynthia moved ahead of

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