Girls' name · since 1940
Mindy
Mindy has 42,615 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,615
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
42,615 babies have been named Mindy since 1940, making it today's #2394 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Mindy recorded 42,615 times among girls since 1940, holding rank #2394 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #666 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,394 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42,615 born since 1940
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mindy ranks #666 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,394 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42,615 born since 1940, peaking in the 1970s.
- #666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,615
- born since 1940
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mindy's 42,615 recorded births place it above 99.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mindy compares
42,615 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mindy's all-time total is 113x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mindy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42,615 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,712 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mindy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mindy splits its recorded history at 1983: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 3,712 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mindy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 3,712
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Mindy popularity over time - boys
67 total births recorded since 1971 (Mindy as boys' name)
Mindy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (14,022 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Mindy's strongest decade.
14,022 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Mindy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 85
1940s
85 births
- 1950s 4,322
1950s
4,322 births
- 1960s 5,460
1960s
5,460 births
- 1970s
1970s
14,022 births
- 1980s
1980s
12,657 births
- 1990s 3,177
1990s
3,177 births
- 2000s 1,395
2000s
1,395 births
- 2010s 969
2010s
969 births
- 2020s 528
2020s
528 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 14,022 births (33% of all-time use).
How Mindy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mindy's total volume
Mindy by state
Where Mindy concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,717 | 11.1% |
| #2 | California | | 3,615 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,905 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 2,864 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,981 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,841 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,490 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 1,410 | 3.3% |
4,717 of 42,615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Mindy appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mindy's data
- Mindy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (14,022 total births); usage has since declined to 528 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Mindys (4,717 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Mindy: 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 (~85 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, 1940–2025 (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 Mindy 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.