Malinda
Malinda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 254th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1969460 births
- Best rank
- #254in 1881
- Since 1880
- 21,394people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,394 girls have been named Malinda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 460 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1970s alone account for 19%. It has spent 107 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Malinda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 485 | |
| 1890s | 590 | |
| 1900s | 601 | |
| 1910s | 893 | |
| 1920s | 789 | |
| 1930s | 562 | |
| 1940s | 1,433 | |
| 1950s | 2,757 | |
| 1960s | 3,544 | |
| 1970s | 4,100 | |
| 1980s | 2,458 | |
| 1990s | 1,251 | |
| 2000s | 939 | |
| 2010s | 684 | |
| 2020s | 308 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Malinda was the 447th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Malinda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Letitiapeak 1964
- Laurapeak 1964
- Tressapeak 1971
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Lorapeak 1963
- Nenapeak 1963
- Susannapeak 1958
- Lucindapeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.