Herlinda — #7955 US girls' name
4,396 babies named Herlinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Herlinda was born in this single decade.
128 babies were named Herlinda in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Herlinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,396 babies named Herlinda between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Herlinda currently holds the #7955 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 128 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Herlinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 932 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Herlinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,607 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Herlinda in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Herlinda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,396 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Herlinda at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Herlinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1892
- Peak year (1952)
- 128
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
Currently ranks #7955 among girls.
4,396 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 128 births in a single year.
Herlinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 932 births that decade — 21% of Herlinda's all-time total
Herlinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 932 births
- Runner-up 667 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Herlinda's strongest decade
932 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Herlinda by state
Where Herlinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,607 | 59.3% |
| #2 | California | | 798 | 18.2% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 48 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.1% |
2,607 of 4,396 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 59.3% of nationwide
- California 18.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.1% of nationwide
- New Mexico 0.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 59.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1892–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.