Cyndie
Feminine · “of Mount Cynthus”
Cyndie is a pet form of Cynthia, a name that began as a title of the Greek goddess Artemis. Its best-known bearer in the spelling Cyndi took a song written from a man's point of view and turned it into an anthem.
How old is the name Cyndie?
Cyndie first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Cyndie alive today was born around 1960, making them about 65 years old. About 500 people named Cyndie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cyndie most popular?
Cyndie peaked in 1957, reaching #1588 nationally. See the whole 1957 chart.
Where it comes from
From Kynthia to Cyndie
The story of Cyndie
On the tiny island of Delos, the hill called Kynthos was said to be where Leto gave birth to Artemis and Apollo, and Artemis was called Kynthia after it; English poets later used Cynthia for the moon. The pet form Cindy followed, spelled many ways. Cyndi Lauper recorded Girls Just Want to Have Fun, a song first written by a man about a man's pursuit of women, and rewrote the lyrics so that it became a song about women's own joy.
Meaning
of Mount Cynthus, a title of Artemis
Cynthia comes from Greek Kynthia, the woman of Kynthos, a hill on the island of Delos where Artemis was said to have been born. Cyndie is a pet form.
How the name formed
- Kynthia
- Cynthia
- Cindy
- Cyndie
Related forms: Kynthia · Cintia · Cinzia
Pronouncing Cyndie
SIN-dee
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Cyndie
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
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 195746 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1588reached in 1957
- Change vs 1989
- +20.0%6 in 1993, 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.
Cyndie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kynthia in Greek — related form
- Cintia in Spanish — related form
- Cinzia in Italian — related form
Cyndies among us
people named Cyndie 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
Cyndie 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 has a clear, documented origin.
- It is warm and friendly.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- People will write Cindy or Cyndi.
- It reads as a nickname, and some will assume the legal name is Cynthia.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cyndies 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 Cyndie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cyndie in 2025?
- Cyndie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cyndie with classmates?
- Cyndie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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