The name Mindy is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of Melinda.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mindy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mindy
Use of the Name Mindy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
39,242
37,720
15,450
706
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mindy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Mindy first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1950, which is the first year shown on the table.
Mindy last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1997, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mindy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1950
771
127
1951
476
306
1952
518
266
1953
441
385
1954
414
438
1955
389
508
1956
378
546
1957
370
599
1958
378
587
1959
397
559
1960
392
589
1961
422
539
1962
396
582
1963
405
559
1964
418
542
1965
447
452
1966
428
474
1967
419
497
1968
379
582
1969
359
645
1970
354
705
1971
284
1,011
1972
293
860
1973
228
1,118
1974
194
1,311
1975
192
1,304
1976
210
1,167
1977
205
1,235
1978
170
1,590
1979
81
3,709
1980
131
2,260
1981
154
1,829
1982
206
1,320
1983
206
1,223
1984
199
1,345
1985
232
1,114
1986
244
1,071
1987
265
955
1988
300
820
1989
359
713
1990
421
602
1991
499
477
1992
567
412
1993
667
329
1994
759
274
1995
823
239
1996
813
251
1997
921
216
Totals:
39,242
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Mindy as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Mindy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 48 times during the last 125 years.