Melindy — girls' name
10 babies named Melindy in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 girls have been named Melindy since 1955, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1979.
- 10
- total births
- 1955–1979
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Melindy was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Melindy in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Melindy
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Melindy between 1955 and 1979, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melindy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Melindy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Melindy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Melindy 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 10 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.
Melindy at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Melindy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1955
- Peak year (1955)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
10 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 5 births in a single year.
Melindy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Melindy's all-time total
Melindy decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Melindy's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1955–1979 (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.