Baby name

Mindy

Girl

Origin of the name

Mindy is a pet form of names such as Melinda.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1979, with 3,712 births and the No. 81 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 98% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 2387. 33% of all babies named Mindy since 1880 were born in the 1970s.

42,615births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 81rank at its peak, in 1979

Where babies named Mindy are born

1979

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The darker the blue, the more common Mindy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mindy is most common in Utah (3.4 times), Iowa (2.5) and Nebraska (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Cindy 257,294
Mandy 42,465
Lindy 8,896
Windy 4,971
Mindi 4,405
Sindy 2,773

Names from the same era

Trisha · Mandy · Leticia · Lorena · Janelle · Corinne

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