Cing
Feminine
Cing appears in American records with families from Chin State in western Myanmar, where it is one of the commonest elements in women's names. Chin and Zomi naming works by combining short elements rather than by drawing on a fixed stock of names, and this is one of the pieces that marks a name as a daughter's.
How old is the name Cing?
Cing first appears in US birth records in 2005 — 20 years ago. The typical Cing is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Cing are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cing most popular?
Cing peaked in 2016, reaching #3100 nationally. Today it ranks #4987, 1,887 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Cing
Chin and Zomi families from western Myanmar began arriving in the United States in numbers in the two-thousands, settling in Indiana, Texas and Oklahoma in particular, after decades of conflict and displacement. Their naming does not use surnames in the western sense: a name is built from elements, and family relationships are carried in other ways. American paperwork, which expects a first name and a last, has had to be worked around, and short elements like this one often end up standing alone on a form.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented in sources available outside the community. In Chin and Zomi naming Cing appears constantly in women's names, often alongside a second element, and the practice is well attested even where a translation is not. Meanings printed for it online should be treated with caution.
Pronouncing Cing
SING
One syllable. Chin languages are tonal and the name carries a tone English cannot reproduce; the consonants and vowel are straightforward.
Nicknames for Cing
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
- 2005
- Most girls named
- 201653 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3100reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −7.1%26 in 2025, from 28
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.
Cing in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan.
Cings among us
people named Cing are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 61,818 born in 2025 was named Cing
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rashunda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cing's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rashunda climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rashunda's path sketches the road Cing is walking now.
Cing sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Cing is headed
Cing is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Cing beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cing in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and one syllable: as short as a written name can be.
- It is immediately recognized within Chin and Zomi communities.
- The sounds all exist in English, so it survives transliteration intact.
- English readers see a c and say a k, which is not the sound.
- American forms expect a first and last name, and Chin naming does not work that way, which causes real paperwork trouble.
- Outside the community the name is unfamiliar and its meaning is not publicly documented.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cings are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Cing are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cing in 2025?
- Cing ranks #4987 among US girl names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cing?
- About 1 in every 61,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Cing — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cing with classmates?
- Cing will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Cing
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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