Mendi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mendi

The Social Security Administration has registered 514 babies named Mendi between 1962 and 1992, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mendi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mendi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mendi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Mendi in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mendi 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 514 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.