Is Malinda a boy or girl name?
Malinda is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 57 girls and 0 boys were named Malinda, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 21,394 US babies named Malinda were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,905
- Babies named Malinda since 1880
- 21,394
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 460 babies
Boys and girls named Malinda, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 485 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 590 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 601 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 893 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 789 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 562 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,433 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,757 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 3,544 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 4,100 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 2,458 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,251 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 939 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 684 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 308 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,905 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 76 | #2,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,621 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 48 | #3,323 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,767 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,740 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 71 | #2,498 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,762 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,658 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 80 | #2,332 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 84 | #2,247 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 75 | #2,425 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 55 | #3,081 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 70 | #2,604 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 97 | #2,098 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 83 | #2,348 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 82 | #2,342 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 96 | #2,058 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 77 | #2,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 90 | #2,035 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 89 | #2,028 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 107 | #1,694 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 110 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 113 | #1,461 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 95 | #1,621 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 119 | #1,386 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 127 | #1,335 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 132 | #1,286 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 152 | #1,162 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 154 | #1,151 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 187 | #987 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 167 | #1,027 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 196 | #895 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 210 | #834 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 200 | #833 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 212 | #791 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 261 | #666 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 243 | #704 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 292 | #618 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 322 | #577 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 355 | #533 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 404 | #500 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 440 | #454 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 364 | #511 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 382 | #482 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 353 | #507 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 399 | #455 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 459 | #427 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 419 | #449 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 427 | #468 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 453 | #463 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 460 | #447 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 388 | #494 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 334 | #519 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 309 | #537 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 372 | #494 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 340 | #533 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 338 | #529 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 357 | #518 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 330 | #544 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 316 | #547 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 387 | #496 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 366 | #501 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 328 | #528 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 306 | #533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 263 | #562 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 235 | #591 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 226 | #592 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 210 | #599 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 212 | #593 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 224 | #555 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 227 | #554 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 165 | #650 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 183 | #623 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 158 | #628 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 128 | #650 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 121 | #677 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 121 | #692 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 131 | #654 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 97 | #716 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 102 | #690 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 74 | #802 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 69 | #854 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 70 | #822 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 55 | #926 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,081 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 55 | #931 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 51 | #965 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 51 | #981 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,096 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 53 | #997 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 66 | #911 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 73 | #870 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 70 | #891 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 81 | #831 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 70 | #911 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 90 | #771 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 87 | #783 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 82 | #809 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 117 | #674 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 102 | #699 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 118 | #650 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 90 | #741 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 109 | #652 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 113 | #620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 86 | #622 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 84 | #559 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 85 | #527 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 58 | #561 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 48 | #607 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 49 | #550 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 56 | #484 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 66 | #442 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 69 | #412 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 60 | #434 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 52 | #455 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 58 | #417 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 72 | #375 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 38 | #494 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 81 | #373 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 59 | #379 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 69 | #376 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 66 | #363 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 52 | #394 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 60 | #364 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 62 | #354 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 40 | #430 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 53 | #367 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 67 | #308 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 62 | #323 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 44 | #365 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 73 | #271 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 50 | #305 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 53 | #284 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 45 | #298 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 55 | #264 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 47 | #266 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 43 | #267 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 40 | #254 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 35 | #263 |
Highest rank
Malinda has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #254 in 1881. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1960s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Malinda
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.