Melinda
Rank in 2025
#1981
recorded as girls
Up 118 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
97
girls 97
Peak year
1973
4,144 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
136,159
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Melinda was most popular in 1973, when 4,144 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 97 babies were named Melinda, ranking #1981 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 91 | 2099 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 91 | 2107 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 83 | 2253 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 93 | 2057 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 105 | 1849 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 98 | 1971 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 120 | 1717 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 131 | 1643 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 139 | 1590 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 174 | 1362 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 165 | 1391 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 150 | 1479 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 174 | 1346 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 193 | 1237 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 227 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 209 | 1198 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 253 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 251 | 1045 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 252 | 1015 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 217 | 1096 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 219 | 1058 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 209 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 242 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 306 | 772 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 337 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 401 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 414 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 462 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 540 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 633 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 765 | 348 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 979 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,085 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,266 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,381 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 1,586 | 175 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 1,879 | 148 | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | 1,920 | 143 | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | 1,959 | 147 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 2,114 | 137 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 2,228 | 129 | 9 | 4215 |
| 1983 | 2,142 | 138 | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | 2,409 | 123 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | 2,774 | 108 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 3,201 | 92 | 15 | 2965 |
| 1979 | 3,705 | 82 | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | 3,563 | 84 | 13 | 3070 |
| 1977 | 3,044 | 96 | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | 2,995 | 95 | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | 3,282 | 91 | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | 3,752 | 81 | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | 4,144 | 72 | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | 3,671 | 81 | 15 | 2418 |
| 1971 | 4,057 | 85 | 19 | 2126 |
| 1970 | 4,225 | 93 | 11 | 2891 |
| 1969 | 3,988 | 89 | 15 | 2217 |
| 1968 | 3,814 | 90 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 3,632 | 95 | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | 3,382 | 102 | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | 3,796 | 100 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 3,703 | 113 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 3,575 | 121 | 8 | 3044 |
| 1962 | 3,854 | 118 | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | 3,507 | 129 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | 3,046 | 143 | 5 | 4038 |
| 1959 | 2,805 | 151 | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 2,937 | 142 | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | 2,828 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 2,713 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 2,413 | 150 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 1,954 | 176 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 1,773 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,513 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,410 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,163 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,073 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 840 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 696 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 484 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 355 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 393 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 510 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 442 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 328 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 302 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 192 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 108 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 80 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 48 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 39 | 1119 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 20 | 1697 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 21 | 1658 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 20 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 18 | 1876 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | 1748 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 19 | 1892 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 10 | 2954 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 22 | 1828 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 17 | 2165 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 26 | 1647 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 24 | 1770 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 23 | 1782 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 22 | 1836 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 16 | 2282 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 23 | 1751 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 25 | 1604 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 22 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 19 | 1847 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 24 | 1533 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 24 | 1475 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 23 | 1303 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 17 | 1405 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 24 | 1055 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 16 | 1110 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 15 | 1052 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 14 | 1084 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 15 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 18 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | 1076 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 10 | 1133 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 17 | 795 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 20 | 833 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 17 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 20 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 15 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 14 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 22 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 14 | 812 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 13 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 9 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 13 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 17 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 21 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 19 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 10 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 12 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 10 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 11 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 14 | 449 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years