Malinda — #2877 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,394 babies named Malinda between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malinda currently holds the #2877 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 460 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malinda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Malinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 1,759 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Malinda in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malinda 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 21,394 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.