Melinda
#299 most common girls' name of all time · #554 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#299
Rank overall
#554 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
136,159
Since 2016
1,048
Peak year
1970 #93
Best rank
#72 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 4,236/yr
Melinda is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,982 |
| 2024 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2022 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,254 |
| 2021 | 93 | — | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,718 |
| 2017 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,644 |
| 2016 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,590 |
| 2015 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,362 |
| 2014 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,392 |
| 2013 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,479 |
| 2012 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,347 |
| 2011 | 193 | — | 193 | #1,237 |
| 2010 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,095 |
| 2009 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,198 |
| 2008 | 253 | — | 253 | #1,036 |
| 2007 | 251 | — | 251 | #1,045 |
| 2006 | 252 | — | 252 | #1,015 |
| 2005 | 217 | — | 217 | #1,096 |
| 2004 | 219 | — | 219 | #1,058 |
| 2003 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,067 |
| 2002 | 242 | — | 242 | #924 |
| 2001 | 306 | — | 306 | #772 |
| 2000 | 337 | — | 337 | #695 |
| 1999 | 401 | — | 401 | #606 |
| 1998 | 414 | — | 414 | #584 |
| 1997 | 462 | — | 462 | #518 |
| 1996 | 540 | — | 540 | #464 |
| 1995 | 633 | — | 633 | #409 |
| 1994 | 765 | 5 | 770 | #348 |
| 1993 | 979 | — | 979 | #283 |
| 1992 | 1,085 | — | 1,085 | #259 |
| 1991 | 1,266 | — | 1,266 | #223 |
| 1990 | 1,381 | — | 1,381 | #208 |
| 1989 | 1,586 | 7 | 1,593 | #175 |
| 1988 | 1,879 | 10 | 1,889 | #148 |
| 1987 | 1,920 | 8 | 1,928 | #143 |
| 1986 | 1,959 | 7 | 1,966 | #147 |
| 1985 | 2,114 | 5 | 2,119 | #138 |
| 1984 | 2,228 | 9 | 2,237 | #129 |
| 1983 | 2,142 | 9 | 2,151 | #138 |
| 1982 | 2,409 | 11 | 2,420 | #123 |
| 1981 | 2,774 | 8 | 2,782 | #108 |
| 1980 | 3,201 | 15 | 3,216 | #92 |
| 1979 | 3,705 | 13 | 3,718 | #82 |
| 1978 | 3,563 | 13 | 3,576 | #84 |
| 1977 | 3,044 | 10 | 3,054 | #96 |
| 1976 | 2,995 | 11 | 3,006 | #95 |
| 1975 | 3,282 | 18 | 3,300 | #91 |
| 1974 | 3,752 | 17 | 3,769 | #81 |
| 1973 | 4,144 | 12 | 4,156 | #72 |
| 1972 | 3,671 | 15 | 3,686 | #81 |
| 1971 | 4,057 | 19 | 4,076 | #85 |
| 1970 | 4,225 | 11 | 4,236 | #93 |
| 1969 | 3,988 | 15 | 4,003 | #89 |
| 1968 | 3,814 | 8 | 3,822 | #90 |
| 1967 | 3,632 | 8 | 3,640 | #95 |
| 1966 | 3,382 | 10 | 3,392 | #102 |
| 1965 | 3,796 | 6 | 3,802 | #100 |
| 1964 | 3,703 | 7 | 3,710 | #113 |
| 1963 | 3,575 | 8 | 3,583 | #121 |
| 1962 | 3,854 | 8 | 3,862 | #118 |
| 1961 | 3,507 | 7 | 3,514 | #129 |
| 1960 | 3,046 | 5 | 3,051 | #143 |
| 1959 | 2,805 | 7 | 2,812 | #151 |
| 1958 | 2,937 | 5 | 2,942 | #142 |
| 1957 | 2,828 | — | 2,828 | #146 |
| 1956 | 2,713 | — | 2,713 | #142 |
| 1955 | 2,413 | 5 | 2,418 | #150 |
| 1954 | 1,954 | 5 | 1,959 | #176 |
| 1953 | 1,773 | — | 1,773 | #176 |
| 1952 | 1,513 | — | 1,513 | #195 |
| 1951 | 1,410 | — | 1,410 | #205 |
| 1950 | 1,163 | — | 1,163 | #221 |
| 1949 | 1,073 | — | 1,073 | #227 |
| 1948 | 840 | — | 840 | #265 |
| 1947 | 696 | — | 696 | #299 |
| 1946 | 484 | — | 484 | #336 |
| 1945 | 355 | — | 355 | #375 |
| 1944 | 393 | — | 393 | #347 |
| 1943 | 510 | — | 510 | #308 |
| 1942 | 442 | — | 442 | #329 |
| 1941 | 328 | — | 328 | #374 |
| 1940 | 302 | — | 302 | #383 |
| 1939 | 192 | — | 192 | #484 |
| 1938 | 108 | — | 108 | #662 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | 80 | #761 |
| 1936 | 48 | — | 48 | #995 |
| 1935 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,119 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,659 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,878 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,752 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,897 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,955 |
| 1927 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,830 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,165 |
| 1925 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,650 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,770 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1922 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,752 |
| 1919 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,407 |
| 1912 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,055 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,464 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,111 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,055 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | 15 | #993 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,155 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,697 |
| 1904 | 18 | — | 18 | #854 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,079 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 17 | — | 17 | #797 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | 20 | #834 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | 17 | #793 |
| 1898 | 20 | — | 20 | #751 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | 15 | #828 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | 14 | #873 |
| 1895 | 22 | — | 22 | #663 |
| 1894 | 14 | — | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | 13 | #827 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | 20 | #643 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | 13 | #761 |
| 1889 | 17 | — | 17 | #623 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | 21 | #548 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | 8 | #862 |
| 1886 | 19 | — | 19 | #512 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | 10 | #696 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | 7 | #853 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | 12 | #564 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | 10 | #597 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | 11 | #507 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | 14 | #462 |