Meaning not yet researched.
Malinda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 59 in 2025. Its best rank was #254 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #254 in 1881; #2,881 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Malinda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,881 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #254.
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Malinda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 59 girls in 2025. Peak: #254 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 460 (1969).
In 2025, 59 US girls were named Malinda, making it the 2,881st most common girls’ name of the year, down 1 place from #2,880 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 58 girls named Malinda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #254, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 460, in 1969. For comparison, it was #2,333 in 2015 and #555 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Malinda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 35 babies with the name. In all, 21,464 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 4,100 babies named Malinda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 632 US girls were named Malinda; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 76. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,242 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Malinda ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #588 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Melinda (136,159 babies since 1880) and Malina (4,452 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Malynda, Malanda and Malenda are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lindy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Armenian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Malynda (915), Malanda (12), Malenda (11), Malonda (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #588 | #368 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #678 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #1,035 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,379 | #1,609 |
| New York | 5 | #2,287 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,881 | — | — |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,880 | — | — |
| 2023 | 76 | #2,390 | — | — |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,624 | — | — |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,326 | — | — |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,767 | — | — |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,741 | — | — |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,499 | — | — |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,707 | — | — |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,635 | — | — |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,333 | — | — |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,249 | — | — |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,425 | — | — |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,927 | — | — |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,081 | — | — |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,604 | — | — |
| 2009 | 97 | #2,098 | — | — |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,348 | — | — |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,045 | — | — |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,272 | — | — |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,035 | — | — |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,029 | — | — |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,705 | — | — |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,680 | — | — |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,596 | — | — |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,972 | — | — |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,727 | — | — |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,461 | — | — |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,621 | — | — |
| 1995 | 119 | #1,386 | — | — |
| 1994 | 127 | #1,334 | — | — |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,286 | — | — |
| 1992 | 152 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1991 | 154 | #1,151 | — | — |
| 1990 | 187 | #987 | — | — |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1988 | 196 | #895 | — | — |
| 1987 | 210 | #834 | — | — |
| 1986 | 200 | #833 | — | — |
| 1985 | 212 | #791 | — | — |
| 1984 | 261 | #666 | — | — |
| 1983 | 243 | #704 | — | — |
| 1982 | 292 | #617 | — | — |
| 1981 | 322 | #577 | — | — |
| 1980 | 355 | #533 | — | — |
| 1979 | 404 | #500 | — | — |
| 1978 | 440 | #454 | — | — |
| 1977 | 364 | #511 | — | — |
| 1976 | 382 | #482 | — | — |
| 1975 | 353 | #507 | — | — |
| 1974 | 399 | #455 | — | — |
| 1973 | 459 | #427 | — | — |
| 1972 | 419 | #449 | — | — |
| 1971 | 427 | #468 | — | — |
| 1970 | 453 | #463 | — | — |
| 1969 | 460 | #447 | — | — |
| 1968 | 388 | #494 | — | — |
| 1967 | 334 | #519 | — | — |
| 1966 | 309 | #537 | — | — |
| 1965 | 372 | #494 | — | — |
| 1964 | 340 | #533 | — | — |
| 1963 | 338 | #529 | — | — |
| 1962 | 357 | #518 | — | — |
| 1961 | 330 | #544 | — | — |
| 1960 | 316 | #547 | — | — |
| 1959 | 387 | #496 | — | — |
| 1958 | 366 | #501 | — | — |
| 1957 | 328 | #528 | — | — |
| 1956 | 306 | #533 | — | — |
| 1955 | 263 | #562 | — | — |
| 1954 | 235 | #591 | — | — |
| 1953 | 226 | #592 | — | — |
| 1952 | 210 | #600 | — | — |
| 1951 | 212 | #593 | — | — |
| 1950 | 224 | #555 | — | — |
| 1949 | 227 | #554 | — | — |
| 1948 | 165 | #650 | — | — |
| 1947 | 183 | #623 | — | — |
| 1946 | 158 | #628 | — | — |
| 1945 | 128 | #650 | — | — |
| 1944 | 121 | #677 | — | — |
| 1943 | 121 | #692 | — | — |
| 1942 | 131 | #653 | — | — |
| 1941 | 97 | #716 | — | — |
| 1940 | 102 | #690 | — | — |
| 1939 | 74 | #802 | — | — |
| 1938 | 69 | #854 | — | — |
| 1937 | 70 | #822 | — | — |
| 1936 | 55 | #926 | — | — |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1934 | 55 | #931 | — | — |
| 1933 | 51 | #965 | — | — |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 1931 | 51 | #981 | — | — |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 1929 | 53 | #997 | — | — |
| 1928 | 66 | #911 | — | — |
| 1927 | 73 | #870 | — | — |
| 1926 | 70 | #891 | — | — |
| 1925 | 81 | #831 | — | — |
| 1924 | 70 | #911 | — | — |
| 1923 | 90 | #771 | — | — |
| 1922 | 87 | #783 | — | — |
| 1921 | 82 | #809 | — | — |
| 1920 | 117 | #674 | — | — |
| 1919 | 102 | #699 | — | — |
| 1918 | 118 | #650 | — | — |
| 1917 | 90 | #741 | — | — |
| 1916 | 109 | #652 | — | — |
| 1915 | 113 | #620 | — | — |
| 1914 | 86 | #622 | — | — |
| 1913 | 84 | #559 | — | — |
| 1912 | 85 | #527 | — | — |
| 1911 | 58 | #561 | — | — |
| 1910 | 48 | #607 | — | — |
| 1909 | 49 | #550 | — | — |
| 1908 | 56 | #484 | — | — |
| 1907 | 66 | #442 | — | — |
| 1906 | 69 | #412 | — | — |
| 1905 | 60 | #434 | — | — |
| 1904 | 52 | #455 | — | — |
| 1903 | 58 | #417 | — | — |
| 1902 | 72 | #375 | — | — |
| 1901 | 38 | #494 | — | — |
| 1900 | 81 | #373 | — | — |
| 1899 | 59 | #379 | — | — |
| 1898 | 69 | #376 | — | — |
| 1897 | 66 | #363 | — | — |
| 1896 | 52 | #394 | — | — |
| 1895 | 60 | #364 | — | — |
| 1894 | 62 | #354 | — | — |
| 1893 | 40 | #430 | — | — |
| 1892 | 53 | #367 | — | — |
| 1891 | 67 | #308 | — | — |
| 1890 | 62 | #323 | — | — |
| 1889 | 44 | #365 | — | — |
| 1888 | 73 | #271 | — | — |
| 1887 | 50 | #305 | — | — |
| 1886 | 53 | #284 | — | — |
| 1885 | 45 | #298 | — | — |
| 1884 | 55 | #264 | — | — |
| 1883 | 47 | #266 | — | — |
| 1882 | 43 | #267 | — | — |
| 1881 | 40 | #254 | — | — |
| 1880 | 35 | #263 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).