Melynda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Melynda

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,723 babies named Melynda between 1943 and 2021, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Melynda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Melynda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 879 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Melynda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 208 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Melynda in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Melynda 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 2,723 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.