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How popular is “Malinda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Malinda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Malinda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Malinda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Malinda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Malinda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Malinda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Malinda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 35 0.000173711 35 100%
1881 40 0.000207589 40 100%
1882 43 0.000194102 43 100%
1883 47 0.000216644 47 100%
1884 55 0.000225909 55 100%
1885 45 0.000186835 45 100%
1886 53 0.000207586 53 100%
1887 50 0.000202108 50 100%
1888 73 0.000243761 73 100%
1889 44 0.000152278 44 100%
1890 62 0.000205706 62 100%
1891 67 0.000233716 67 100%
1892 53 0.000158505 53 100%
1893 40 0.000122993 40 100%
1894 62 0.000183058 62 100%
1895 60 0.00017093 60 100%
1896 52 0.000145461 52 100%
1897 66 0.000190225 66 100%
1898 69 0.000180886 69 100%
1899 59 0.000173921 59 100%
1900 81 0.000179897 81 100%
1901 38 0.000109886 38 100%
1902 72 0.000186175 72 100%
1903 58 0.000152151 58 100%
1904 52 0.000128877 52 100%
1905 60 0.000141535 60 100%
1906 69 0.000161045 69 100%
1907 66 0.000141817 66 100%
1908 56 0.000114602 56 100%
1909 49 0.000095848 49 100%
1910 48 0.000081258 48 100%
1911 58 0.000090023 58 100%
1912 85 0.000086027 85 100%
1913 84 0.000073871 84 100%
1914 86 0.00006072 86 100%
1915 113 0.000061667 113 100%
1916 109 0.000056348 109 100%
1917 90 0.000044849 90 100%
1918 118 0.00005435 118 100%
1919 102 0.000048336 102 100%
1920 117 0.000051709 117 100%
1921 82 0.000035125 82 100%
1922 87 0.000038005 87 100%
1923 90 0.000039088 90 100%
1924 70 0.000029392 70 100%
1925 81 0.000034715 81 100%
1926 70 0.000030489 70 100%
1927 73 0.000031474 73 100%
1928 66 0.000029191 66 100%
1929 53 0.000024177 53 100%
1930 46 0.00002069 46 100%
1931 51 0.000024235 51 100%
1932 49 0.000023209 49 100%
1933 51 0.000025507 51 100%
1934 55 0.000026483 55 100%
1935 42 0.000020097 42 100%
1936 55 0.000026473 55 100%
1937 70 0.000032854 70 100%
1938 69 0.000031185 69 100%
1939 74 0.000033584 74 100%
1940 102 0.000044296 102 100%
1941 97 0.000039812 97 100%
1942 131 0.000047953 131 100%
1943 121 0.000042869 121 100%
1944 121 0.00004498 121 100%
1945 128 0.000048249 128 100%
1946 158 0.000049448 158 100%
1947 183 0.000050801 183 100%
1948 165 0.000047791 165 100%
1949 227 0.00006514 227 100%
1950 224 0.000063939 224 100%
1951 212 0.00005755 212 100%
1952 210 0.000055292 210 100%
1953 226 0.000058646 226 100%
1954 235 0.000059035 235 100%
1955 263 0.000065503 263 100%
1956 306 0.000074217 306 100%
1957 328 0.000078055 328 100%
1958 366 0.000088536 366 100%
1959 387 0.000093074 387 100%
1960 316 0.000076075 316 100%
1961 330 0.000079666 330 100%
1962 357 0.000088468 357 100%
1963 338 0.000085392 338 100%
1964 340 0.000087457 340 100%
1965 372 0.000102608 372 100%
1966 309 0.000088904 309 100%
1967 334 0.000098383 334 100%
1968 388 0.000114847 388 100%
1969 460 0.000132362 460 100%
1970 453 0.000125606 453 100%
1971 427 0.000124404 427 100%
1972 419 0.000133312 419 100%
1973 459 0.000152144 459 100%
1974 399 0.00013125 399 100%
1975 353 0.000116911 353 100%
1976 382 0.000125894 382 100%
1977 364 0.000114592 364 100%
1978 440 0.000138632 440 100%
1979 404 0.000121431 404 100%
1980 355 0.000103063 355 100%
1981 322 0.00009308 322 100%
1982 292 0.000083239 292 100%
1983 243 0.000070164 243 100%
1984 261 0.000074812 261 100%
1985 212 0.000059399 212 100%
1986 200 0.000056226 200 100%
1987 210 0.000058243 210 100%
1988 196 0.000053044 196 100%
1989 167 0.000043439 167 100%
1990 187 0.000047312 187 100%
1991 154 0.000039535 154 100%
1992 152 0.00003957 152 100%
1993 132 0.000035011 132 100%
1994 127 0.000034161 127 100%
1995 119 0.000032495 119 100%
1996 95 0.000026047 95 100%
1997 113 0.000031166 113 100%
1998 92 0.000025012 92 100%
1999 80 0.000021658 80 100%
2000 110 0.000029101 110 100%
2001 107 0.000028584 107 100%
2002 108 0.00002889 108 100%
2003 89 0.000023407 89 100%
2004 90 0.000023555 90 100%
2005 77 0.000020027 77 100%
2006 96 0.000024266 96 100%
2007 82 0.000020512 82 100%
2008 83 0.000021116 83 100%
2009 97 0.000025392 97 100%
2010 70 0.000018941 70 100%
2011 55 0.000015036 55 100%
2012 59 0.000016132 59 100%
2013 75 0.000020572 75 100%
2014 84 0.000022664 84 100%
2015 80 0.000021616 80 100%
2016 66 0.00001799 66 100%
2017 62 0.000017337 62 100%
2018 71 0.000020194 71 100%
2019 62 0.000017863 62 100%
2020 60 0.000017961 60 100%
2021 48 0.000014168 48 100%
2022 67 0.000019804 67 100%
2023 76 0.000022952 76 100%
2024 57 0.000017125 57 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Malinda:

  1. Malillany
  2. Malin
  3. Malina
  4. Malinah
  5. Malinalli
  6. Malinda (this page)
  7. Malindia
  8. Maline
  9. Malini
  10. Maliq
  11. Malique