Name meaning & stats
Sinead
Sinead. 1,340 US babies since 1940, peak 1990. Notable Sineads are 2.5× over-represented as basketball players.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1990
1,340 US babies were named Sinead between 1940 and 2025.
Sinead around the world
- Ireland: 16,629 babies since 1964, peak 1975, No. 692 in 2025
- England & Wales: 2,964 babies since 1996, peak 2003, No. 3,333 in 2025
- Scotland: 788 babies since 1974, peak 1990
- Northern Ireland: 404 babies since 1997, peak 1998
- New Zealand: 296 babies since 1900, peak 1990
- France: 60 babies since 1900, peak 2015
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Sineads end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball player | 2.5× | Low · 9 people |
| Footballer | 1.2× | Low · 2 people |
| Actor | 0.9× | Low · 1 people |
| Journalist | 1.1× | Low · 1 people |
Among notable women who are basketball players, Sineads show up 2.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
The most common spelling: 39% of Sineads use it
- Sinead 39%
- Cindee 26%
- Cyndee 21%
- Cynde 8%
- Cinde 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1990)