Mindi — girls' name
4,405 babies named Mindi in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Mindi was born in this single decade.
315 babies were named Mindi in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mindi
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,405 babies named Mindi between 1950 and 2014, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mindi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 315 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mindi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,983 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mindi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 296 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mindi in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mindi 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 4,405 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.
Mindi at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mindi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1950
- Peak year (1979)
- 315
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
4,405 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 315 births in a single year.
Mindi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,983 births that decade — 45% of Mindi's all-time total
Mindi decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,983 births
- Runner-up 1,186 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mindi's strongest decade
1,983 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Mindi by state
Where Mindi concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 296 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 268 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 249 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Utah | | 230 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 172 | 3.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 150 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 144 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 130 | 3.0% |
296 of 4,405 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.7% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.7% of nationwide
- Utah 5.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mindi appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1950–2014 (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.