Melynda
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,723since 1943
Melynda over time
Rank among girls' names. Melynda has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 |
| 1986 | #1,890 | 59 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 55 |
| 1984 | #1,866 | 57 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 |
| 1982 | #1,684 | 67 |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 |
| 1978 | #1,290 | 94 |
| 1977 | #1,468 | 75 |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 |
| 1975 | #1,211 | 95 |
| 1974 | #1,334 | 79 |
| 1973 | #1,120 | 100 |
| 1972 | #1,303 | 78 |
| 1971 | #1,187 | 96 |
| 1970 | #1,212 | 92 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 |
| 1968 | #1,196 | 82 |
| 1967 | #1,187 | 80 |
| 1966 | #1,284 | 71 |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 60 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 |
| 1961 | #1,612 | 49 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Melynda! It came in at #4,196, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Melynda is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#423 · 1 in 3,857
- Ohio#833 · 1 in 11,953
- Texas#967 · 1 in 10,385
- California#1,087 · 1 in 12,366
Best ever in a state: #327 in Utah, 1972.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #423 | 5 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Ohio | #833 | 7 | 1 in 11,953 |
| Texas | #967 | 10 | 1 in 10,385 |
| California | #1,087 | 12 | 1 in 12,366 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Melynda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1973 at #1,120 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,582 girls born in 1973 were named Melynda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Melynda (879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #3,137 (1948) | #4,003 |
| 1950s | 169 | #1,908 (1958) | #3,155 |
| 1960s | 617 | #1,187 (1967) | #1,461 |
| 1970s | 879 | #1,120 (1973) | #1,288 |
| 1980s | 607 | #1,380 (1980) | #1,933 |
| 1990s | 271 | #2,957 (1990) | #4,223 |
| 2000s | 84 | #7,158 (2000) | #10,296 |
| 2010s | 52 | #11,246 (2010) | #14,056 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Melynda in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 17,331 of them was named Melynda, which outranked 87.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,176Keshia97
- #1,176Sarina97
- #1,176Tommie97
- #1,187Melynda96
- #1,187Catalina96
- #1,187Devona96
- #1,187Hattie96
- #1,194Cammie95
- #1,194Dorinda95
- #1,194Felisha95
Tied with 6 names at #1,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.