How Many People Are Named Malinda?
people named Malinda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,592 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,464 babies named Malinda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
460 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MELINDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Malinda in English. Counting Malinda and these spellings together, about 137,220 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malinda in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Malinda alive today is about 50 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 63 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Malinda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1969, to 460 babies. In 2025, 59 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Malinda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #254, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #2,881.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,881 |
| Best rank | #254 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #476 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Malinda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malinda were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 1,614 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malinda was given 2.2 times as often in Alabama, 2.1 times in Mississippi and 2.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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