Cindra
Feminine
Cindra is a mid-century name that sits between Cindy and Sandra. The Sandra of that generation who made history finished near the top of her Stanford law class and was offered a job as a legal secretary.
How old is the name Cindra?
Cindra first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Cindra alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 500 people named Cindra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cindra most popular?
Cindra peaked in 1956, reaching #1581 nationally. See the whole 1956 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cindra
Sandra Day grew up on a cattle ranch on the border of Arizona and New Mexico and graduated near the top of her law class at Stanford, but no California firm would hire a woman as a lawyer; one offered her a job as a legal secretary. She went on, as Sandra Day O'Connor, to become the first woman on the Supreme Court. Cindra shares her name's shape with the brightness of Cindy. It is a name with some grit in its sound.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Cindra may be Cindy with a -dra ending, or Sandra reshaped, and nothing records which.
Pronouncing Cindra
SIN-druh
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Cindra
Limited
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
- 1945
- Most girls named
- 195645 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1581reached in 1956
- Change vs 1983
- −28.6%5 in 1985, from 7
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.
Cindras among us
people named Cindra 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
Cindra 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
- Close to familiar names such as Cindy and Sandra.
- Short and easy to say.
- Rare, so a Cindra is unlikely to share her name.
- People will hear Sandra or Cinda.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cindras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Cindra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cindra in 2025?
- Cindra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cindra with classmates?
- Cindra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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