| Marigold | Cinder | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Marigold flower | Ash and ember of fire |
| Origin | english | english |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | MA-ri-gohld | SIN-dər |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1918 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (498) | 2019 (8) |
| In 2025 | 498 | 0 |
| Trend | Near its peak | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Marigold | Cinder |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 2,121 | 16 |
| 2010s | 727 | 14 |
| 2000s | 49 | 0 |
| 1990s | 10 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 5 |
| 1970s | 10 | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 | 6 |
| 1950s | 0 | 22 |
| 1940s | 6 | 0 |
| 1930s | 16 | 0 |
| 1920s | 34 | 0 |
| 1910s | 5 | 0 |
IS a bloom word: from the flower, whose name combines 'Mary' (for the Virgin Mary) with 'gold', originally 'gold' flower and later 'Mary's gold'.
Modern English word name from 'cinder', the partly-burned residue left by a fire. A rare, directly fire-derived coinage rather than a historically established given name.
Marigold is more popular than Cinder today: about 498 US babies were given the name Marigold in 2025, compared with 0 named Cinder.
Marigold means Marigold flower (english origin), while Cinder means Ash and ember of fire (english origin).
In US records, Marigold first appears in 1918 and Cinder in 0, so Cinder has the longer recorded history.