Girls' name · since 1960
Calinda
71 babies named Calinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calinda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 71 recorded since 1960.
Calinda has 71 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1990.
- #30,910 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calinda ranks #30,910 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #30,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Calinda's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calinda's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1990
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Calinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Calinda's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Calinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Calinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Calinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calinda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.