Girls' name · since 1881
Marinda
1,714 babies named Marinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,714
- born since 1881
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marinda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,714 have been recorded since 1881.
Marinda has 1,714 recorded births among girls since 1881, 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 1881 to 2014.
- #5,217 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,714 born since 1881
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marinda ranks #5,217 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,714 born since 1881, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,217 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,714
- born since 1881
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marinda's 1,714 recorded births place it above 92.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Marinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marinda's full recorded timeline at 1962, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2014
- Peak year (1980)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Marinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (340 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Marinda's strongest decade.
340 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Marinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 44
1880s
44 births
- 1890s 39
1890s
39 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s 56
1910s
56 births
- 1920s 41
1920s
41 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 59
1940s
59 births
- 1950s
1950s
145 births
- 1960s
1960s
208 births
- 1970s
1970s
327 births
- 1980s
1980s
340 births
- 1990s
1990s
303 births
- 2000s 106
2000s
106 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 340 births (20% of all-time use).
How Marinda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marinda's total volume
Marinda by state
Where Marinda concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Utah | | 27 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
28 of 1,714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Marinda's data
- Marinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (340 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marindas (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1881–2014 (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 Marinda 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.