Malynda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malynda

The Social Security Administration has registered 908 babies named Malynda between 1953 and 2021, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malynda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malynda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Malynda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Malynda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malynda 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 908 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.