Mindel — #8032 US girls' name
258 babies named Mindel in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Mindel was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mindel in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mindel
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Mindel between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mindel currently holds the #8032 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mindel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mindel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mindel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mindel 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 258 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.
Mindel at a glance
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Current rank
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Mindel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #8032 among girls.
258 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Mindel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 34% of Mindel's all-time total
Mindel decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mindel's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Mindel by state
Where Mindel concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 91 | 35.3% |
91 of 258 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 35.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 35.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1960–2024 (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.