Malinda

Girl name

Malinda has been given to 21,464 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1969.

Meaning & origin

Variant of Melinda, used since the eighteenth century.

Origin: coinages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

21,464

Peak year

1969 (460 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -26%

Gender split

All girls

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Malinda.

21,233 babies since 1903

21,824 babies since 1951

20,932 babies since 1940

22,043 babies since 1915

22,068 babies since 1908

22,247 babies since 1917

22,488 babies since 1912

22,850 babies since 1951

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