Recorded 1881–2014 Girls' name Peak 1980 1,714 births

Marinda — girls' name

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.

1880s441890s391900s171910s561920s411930s131940s591950s1451960s2081970s3271980s3401990s3032000s1062010s16
1980s
Peak decade

20% of everyone ever named Marinda was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

48 babies were named Marinda in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Marinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,714 babies named Marinda between 1881 and 2014, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marinda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 340 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Marinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Marinda in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marinda 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 1,714 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.

Marinda at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

1,714

Since 1881

134 years of records

Peak year

1980

48 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1881

Recorded for 134 years

Last year on file: 2014

Marinda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1881

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1980)
48
Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
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Marinda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
340 births that decade — 20% of Marinda's all-time total
1880s441890s391900s171910s561920s411930s131940s591950s1451960s2081970s3271980s3401990s3032000s1062010s16

Marinda by state

Where Marinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1881

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Marinda
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%
California share of Marinda's total US births 1.6%
Even split

28 of 1,714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marinda?
1,714 babies have been named Marinda since 1881. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1980 with 48 births.
When was Marinda most popular?
Marinda was most popular in the 1980s decade with 340 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
Where is Marinda most popular?
The top states for the name Marinda are California (28 births), Utah (27 births), Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Marinda been used?
Marinda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1881, spanning 134 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Marinda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1881–2014 (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.