Cyncere
Masculine · “genuine”
Cyncere is given to both — 538 boys and 251 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Cyncere is a respelling of Sincere, and the story usually told about that word — that it comes from a phrase about wax — is a good story and not true.
How old is the name Cyncere?
Cyncere first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Cyncere is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Cyncere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cyncere most popular?
Cyncere peaked in 2024, reaching #3045 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 712 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sincerus to Cyncere
The story of Cyncere
Sincerus described wine, metal and intentions in Latin — anything unmixed — and English took it in the sixteenth century for people. The wax story has been repeated for four hundred years and has never had any evidence behind it. As a given name Sincere appears in American records from the 1990s for both sexes, and Cyncere is one of the respellings, exchanging both s sounds for c and y.
Meaning
genuine, without pretence
From Latin sincerus, clean or unmixed. The popular derivation from sine cera, without wax, as though describing unrepaired marble, is a folk etymology with no support; the second half of the Latin word has never been securely explained.
How the name formed
- sincerus
- sincere
- Cyncere
Related forms: Sincere · Sincero
Pronouncing Cyncere
sin-SEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Cyncere and Sincere are said identically.
Nicknames for Cyncere
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
- 1999
- Most boys named
- 202440 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3045reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −27.5%29 in 2025, from 40
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.
Cyncere in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Sincere in English — spelling variant
- Sincero in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina, Georgia, Texas.
Cynceres among us
people named Cyncere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Cyncere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cyncere
- #3757
- Cyncere on the 2025 chart
- #429
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cyncere went to 29 boys in 2025, but Sincere, Syncere and Cincere are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 670, which makes it the 429th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,328 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 2,549 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 58,899 for Cyncere itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jaivion test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cyncere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaivion climbed just as high around 2009, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaivion's path sketches the road Cyncere is walking now.
Cyncere 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 Cyncere is headed
Cyncere should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Cyncere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cyncere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An ordinary English word, so nobody has to be taught to say it.
- The real Latin history and the false wax story are both worth telling.
- The spelling keeps it distinct where the sound is not.
- Sincere is the standard spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- The Cyn clip sounds like sin, which is unavoidable and unkind.
- A quality name sets an expectation the child did not choose.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cynceres 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 Cyncere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cyncere?
- Cyncere is one of 4 recorded spellings. Sincere is the more common one — 445 births in 2025 against 29 for Cyncere.
- How popular is the name Cyncere in 2025?
- Cyncere ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cyncere?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Cyncere — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cyncere with classmates?
- Cyncere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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