Girls' name · since 1972
Mendie
Mendie has 60 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mendie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 60 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mendie has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1978.
- #32,898 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mendie ranks #32,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mendie's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mendie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mendie splits its recorded history at 1975: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mendie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1978
- Peak year (1975)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Mendie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Mendie's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mendie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mendie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1972–1978 (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 Mendie 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.