Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Melinda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Melinda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

4,225

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

135,724

Melinda once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 4,225 girls were named Melinda.

In 2024, only 91 girls were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 135,724 Americans have been named Melinda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

19704,225 girls named Melinda

202491 girls named Melinda

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