Sinda

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sinda has been given to 308 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Sinda, 1980

1 in 689,000

Sinda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sinda: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sinda means

Sinda is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sinda is used in Ulwa (New Guinea).

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 308 girls were recorded with the name Sinda between 1882 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1958; its best national rank was #889 in 1882.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sinda?

Sinda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 689,000; 5 of 3,444,198 births
Among girls only: 1 in 332,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,468 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sinda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 477,468 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sinda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sindas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sinda was born before 1953 — so the typical Sinda is around 72 today.

Median birth year: 1953; About 72 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 43.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 192; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Sinda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1958 (14)
Years since peak: 67; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #889; 1882

Spellings of Sinda

Sinda is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 31.6% against Sinda's <0.01%.

Linda31.6%1,455,143
Sandra19.0%875,531
Tina6.3%292,146
Wanda6.1%281,214
Cindy5.6%257,294
Ida4.1%187,929
Gina3.3%153,057
Nina2.9%133,788

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sinda around the world

Where Sinda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1977–2025
#2,823
in 2025
Canada
2022–2022
#3,322
in 2022

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Sinda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #889; 1882
Peak year: 1958; 14 that year
First recorded: 1882
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 308
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sinda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kinda Sinaya Sindi Sinai Vrinda Sindy Sinead Penda Sinia Sintia Sindia Sina Sindhu Zenda Sinclair Janda Monda Tanda Conda Hinda Sinthia Sinay Canda Jonda

Sibling names for Sinda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Gerri Cathie Lizabeth Bonny Laureen Pamala Valorie Ginny

For a brother

Von Curtiss Russ Lonny Nicky Dwain Gerry Hayward

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