Girls' name · since 1953
Mindie
Mindie has 487 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 487
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mindie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 487 have been recorded since 1953.
Mindie has 487 recorded births among girls since 1953, 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 1953 to 1994.
- #12,051 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 487 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mindie ranks #12,051 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 487 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,051 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 487
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mindie's 487 recorded births place it above 83.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
Mindie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mindie's full recorded timeline at 1977, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mindie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1994
- Peak year (1979)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Mindie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (239 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Mindie's strongest decade.
239 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Mindie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 24
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
239 births
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 239 births (49% of all-time use).
Mindie by state
Where Mindie concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
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- Mindie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (239 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Utah records the most Mindies (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mindie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1953–1994 (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 Mindie 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.