The name Melinda is an alternate form of Belinda.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melinda 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 Melinda
Use of the Name Melinda for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
131,396
117,405
30,992
3,319
875
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Melinda has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Melinda last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 2002, 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 Melinda
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
462
14
1881
528
11
1882
623
10
1883
575
12
1884
902
7
1885
726
10
1886
521
19
1887
915
8
1888
557
21
1889
633
17
1890
781
13
1891
984
9
1892
653
20
1893
849
13
1894
837
14
1895
677
22
1896
891
14
1897
855
15
1898
766
20
1899
810
17
1900
823
21
1901
816
17
1902
1903
1904
871
18
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
990
49
1937
764
80
1938
665
108
1939
487
191
1940
380
305
1941
374
328
1942
330
442
1943
308
510
1944
347
392
1945
376
356
1946
336
485
1947
300
694
1948
267
837
1949
227
1,069
1950
222
1,162
1951
205
1,404
1952
195
1,519
1953
177
1,771
1954
176
1,947
1955
151
2,410
1956
142
2,714
1957
146
2,826
1958
142
2,931
1959
151
2,811
1960
143
3,046
1961
129
3,503
1962
118
3,852
1963
121
3,573
1964
113
3,701
1965
100
3,798
1966
102
3,384
1967
95
3,634
1968
90
3,812
1969
89
3,992
1970
93
4,221
1971
85
4,053
1972
81
3,675
1973
72
4,146
1974
81
3,749
1975
91
3,283
1976
96
2,993
1977
96
3,044
1978
84
3,558
1979
82
3,704
1980
92
3,200
1981
108
2,773
1982
123
2,405
1983
138
2,141
1984
129
2,224
1985
137
2,115
1986
147
1,956
1987
143
1,920
1988
149
1,878
1989
175
1,587
1990
207
1,379
1991
223
1,265
1992
258
1,085
1993
283
981
1994
348
764
1995
410
632
1996
465
539
1997
521
459
1998
585
413
1999
606
401
2000
698
336
2001
788
299
2002
930
240
Totals:
131,396
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Melinda 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 Melinda appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 90 times during the last 125 years.