Feminine dossier · first seen 1943

Melynda

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1973

Peak era

1973

Peak rank proxy

100

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1943Peak 19732024

Peak year

1973

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,723

Melynda is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1973, when 100 girls were named Melynda.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,723 Americans have been named Melynda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1973

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