Girls' name · since 1974

Minde

23 babies named Minde in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#44,257 of 72,339
all-time among girls
23
born since 1974
1970s
peak decade

Minde is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 23 have been recorded since 1974.

Minde has 23 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1978.

  • #44,257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 23 born since 1974
  • 1970s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minde ranks #44,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.

#44,257 of 72,339
all-time among girls
23
born since 1974
1970s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Minde's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Minde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Minde's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Minde popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1978

Last recorded 1978
Peak year (1974)
8
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
456789 1974197619771978 5

Minde by decade

1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).

1970s was Minde's strongest decade.

23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Minde births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Minde?
23 babies have been named Minde since 1974. All-time, it sits at #44,257 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1978. The peak year was 1974 with 8 births.
Where does Minde sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minde ranks #44,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Minde most popular?
Minde was most popular in the 1970s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
How long has the name Minde been used?
Minde has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 5 years of data through 1978.
What names are similar to Minde?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Minnie, Mindy, Mina, Minerva, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Minde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1974–1978 (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 Minde 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.