Malinda Girl
How popular is Malinda?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Malinda in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Malinda popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▼ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,318 in 2015, #2,748 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1969 (460 girls) |
| Highest rank | #251 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malinda counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malinda family of names ranked #2,020 for girls in 2025 (#2,181 the year before), with 66 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malinda | 59 | 89% |
| Malynda | 7 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Malinda is most popular
Babies named Malinda per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.4 per 1,000 (105 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.2 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Malinda by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 485 | #251 |
| 1890s | 590 | #306 |
| 1900s | 601 | #372 |
| 1910s | 893 | #525 |
| 1920s | 789 | #671 |
| 1930s | 562 | #797 |
| 1940s | 1,433 | #552 |
| 1950s | 2,757 | #496 |
| 1960s | 3,544 | #447 |
| 1970s | 4,100 | #427 |
| 1980s | 2,458 | #533 |
| 1990s | 1,251 | #985 |
| 2000s | 946 | #1,586 |
| 2010s | 687 | #2,236 |
| 2020s | 368 | #2,379 |
Girl names about as popular as Malinda
Questions
- Is Malinda a boy or girl name?
- Malinda is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malinda were girls.
- How popular is the name Malinda?
- 59 baby girls were named Malinda in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Malinda most popular?
- Malinda peaked in 1969, when 460 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #251 in 1881.
- How many people are named Malinda?
- 21,464 babies have been named Malinda in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,008 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Malinda most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malinda was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.