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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mindy

Mindy was the 2401st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 81st with 3,712 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Mindy in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Meaning pet form of Melinda · English

Say it MIN-dee /ˈmɪndi/

Rank in 2025
#2,401 girls, down 271 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
75girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19793,712 babies
Total since 1880
42,682babies recorded

What does the name Mindy mean?

Mindy is usually explained as a pet form of Melinda, and Wiktionary also lists Miranda. Melinda is an 18th-century coinage from names such as Melanie and Melissa with the ending -inda; Miranda was coined by Shakespeare from Latin mirandus, "worthy of admiration". Wikipedia notes that the origin of Mindy has not been studied closely. Mindy was most popular in the US in the late 1970s.

Melinda (English, “18th-century coinage”)mirandus (Latin, “admirable (via Miranda)”)

How sure is this? Probable. No source documents exactly how Mindy arose; the Melinda link is the most common view.

Related names: Melinda, Miranda, Mandy, Mindi.

See also: English names.

Sources for this meaning

Mindy popularity since 1880

01.25k2.5k3.75k5k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 67 since 1971.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,40175
2020#2,13086
2010#1,813113
2000#1,168172
1990#421602
1980#1312,262
1970#354706
1960#391590
1950#772126
1940#4,8355
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Mindy, counting every spelling?

Mindy has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Mindy?

75 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mindy (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mindy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 112 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mindy.

Chance of another Mindy in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Yorkunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Mindy?

About 39,700 people born in the US named Mindy are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 41 and 54. That makes Mindy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Mindy by state

How common Mindy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (10.3×), New Jersey (6.8×), Ohio (1.6×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesNY0.56Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.37Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mindy, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Mindy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mindy, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Mindy · Sibling names for Mindy

Mindy is also a nickname for Melinda.

Questions about the name Mindy

What does Mindy mean?

Mindy means “pet form of Melinda” (English origin). Certainty: probable.

How popular is the name Mindy?

Mindy was the 2401st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 75 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 81st with 3,712 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 32 places. More babies were named Mindy in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Mindy a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mindy in the US.

Where is Mindy most popular?

In 2021–2025, Mindy was most common in New York (0.56 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Ohio.