How Many People Are Named Cindel?
An estimated 196 people in the United States have the first name Cindel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Cindel peaked in popularity in 1986 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cindel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cindel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
196
About 1 in 1,748,747 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
1986
25 births
Total Registered
203
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cindel
Cindel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 203 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cindel as a female name
Ranked #16,815 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 1986 (25 births)
Cindel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cindel span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 86 babies were registered. Cindel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cindel by Decade
How has Cindel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cindel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cindel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Cindel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cindel?
We estimate approximately 196 people named Cindel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,748,747 Americans share this first name.
Is Cindel a common name?
Cindel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 203 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cindel most popular?
Cindel reached peak popularity in 1986, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cindel is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cindel a female name?
Cindel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cindel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cindel Smith, Cindel Johnson, Cindel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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