Cindee
Feminine
Cindee is a short form with a mid-century ending, and the three long names it might have come from have nothing to do with each other — a Greek moon title, a Roman clan name and a fairy tale.
How old is the name Cindee?
Cindee first appears in US birth records in 1947 — 78 years ago. The typical Cindee alive today was born around 1961, making them about 64 years old. About 800 people named Cindee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cindee most popular?
Cindee peaked in 1957, reaching #1187 nationally. See the whole 1957 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cindee
The ending dates this spelling within about a decade. English finishes affectionate short forms with a y, an ie or an ee, and although all three say the same thing, they have never been in fashion at the same time. The doubled e belongs to the middle of the last century, when it was the modern-looking choice — brisker than the ie, less childish than the y — and it went out with the generation that used it. That is the most reliable dating tool in the whole record: not the name, which may be centuries old, but the last two letters, which are almost always the newest thing about it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Cynthia, Lucinda and Cinderella all produce this short form and none of them is related to the others. The first is a Greek title, the second a Roman family name, the third a description of a girl who sleeps in the ashes. A short form built from a shared middle syllable cannot be assigned to any of them.
Pronouncing Cindee
SIN-dee
Two syllables, stress at the front. Identical to Cindy and Cindi.
Nicknames for Cindee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1947
- Most girls named
- 195779 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1187reached in 1957
- Change vs 1981
- +40.0%7 in 1983, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cindees among us
people named Cindee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cindee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, cheerful and impossible to mispronounce.
- Three different formal names are available behind it.
- The spelling is phonetic and survives being dictated.
- Cindy and Cindi are both commoner and hers will be written as either.
- The ending places her generation almost exactly.
- It reads as a nickname, so a long form will be assumed.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cindees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Cindee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cindee in 2025?
- Cindee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cindee with classmates?
- Cindee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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