Mindy
#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #4,457
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 3,712 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,615since 1940
Mindy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,387 | 75 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,792 | 113 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,319 | 80 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,999 | 96 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,997 | 98 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,268 | 82 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,967 | 101 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,888 | 106 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,927 | 103 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,809 | 113 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,792 | 120 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,760 | 122 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,590 | 135 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,451 | 146 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,562 | 126 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,395 | 142 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,370 | 141 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,193 | 171 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,168 | 172 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,070 | 188 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,055 | 186 | — | |
| 1997 | #922 | 216 | — | |
| 1996 | #810 | 251 | — | |
| 1995 | #822 | 239 | — | |
| 1994 | #758 | 274 | — | |
| 1993 | #665 | 330 | — | |
| 1992 | #565 | 414 | — | |
| 1991 | #497 | 477 | — | |
| 1990 | #421 | 602 | — | |
| 1989 | #360 | 711 | — | |
| 1988 | #301 | 821 | — | |
| 1987 | #265 | 957 | — | |
| 1986 | #244 | 1,072 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #232 | 1,116 | — | |
| 1984 | #199 | 1,347 | — | |
| 1983 | #207 | 1,222 | — | |
| 1982 | #206 | 1,322 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #155 | 1,827 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #131 | 2,262 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #81 | 3,712 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #170 | 1,593 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #205 | 1,235 | — | |
| 1976 | #210 | 1,166 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #192 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1974 | #194 | 1,313 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #228 | 1,117 | — | |
| 1972 | #292 | 862 | — | |
| 1971 | #284 | 1,010 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #353 | 706 | — | |
| 1969 | #357 | 648 | — | |
| 1968 | #380 | 581 | — | |
| 1967 | #419 | 496 | — | |
| 1966 | #428 | 474 | — | |
| 1965 | #447 | 451 | — | |
| 1964 | #420 | 540 | — | |
| 1963 | #404 | 561 | — | |
| 1962 | #394 | 583 | — | |
| 1961 | #424 | 536 | — | |
| 1960 | #391 | 590 | — | |
| 1959 | #397 | 560 | — | |
| 1958 | #376 | 588 | — | |
| 1957 | #371 | 599 | — | |
| 1956 | #380 | 546 | — | |
| 1955 | #388 | 508 | — | |
| 1954 | #412 | 439 | — | |
| 1953 | #441 | 385 | — | |
| 1952 | #517 | 265 | — | |
| 1951 | #476 | 306 | — | |
| 1950 | #771 | 126 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mindy! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mindy is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#179 · 1 in 931
- New Jersey#219 · 1 in 1,575
- Illinois#294 · 1 in 2,623
- Indiana#300 · 1 in 2,657
- Iowa#303 · 1 in 2,829
Best ever in a state: #28 in Utah, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #179 | 177 | 1 in 931 |
| New Jersey | #219 | 35 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Illinois | #294 | 40 | 1 in 2,623 |
| Indiana | #300 | 19 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Iowa | #303 | 10 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Connecticut | #313 | 7 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Maryland | #323 | 10 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Florida | #324 | 18 | 1 in 2,389 |
| Pennsylvania | #325 | 34 | 1 in 3,405 |
| Utah | #330 | 5 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Oregon | #371 | 5 | 1 in 3,225 |
| Colorado | #387 | 6 | 1 in 3,125 |
| Ohio | #390 | 25 | 1 in 4,295 |
| Washington | #393 | 8 | 1 in 3,580 |
| West Virginia | #402 | 5 | 1 in 3,981 |
| Missouri | #403 | 10 | 1 in 4,479 |
| South Carolina | #444 | 7 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Michigan | #450 | 17 | 1 in 5,529 |
| California | #459 | 35 | 1 in 4,469 |
| Wisconsin | #481 | 5 | 1 in 8,395 |
| Georgia | #543 | 7 | 1 in 6,672 |
| Texas | #660 | 16 | 1 in 7,177 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mindy
- 407 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,387)
- 272 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #2,387)
- 36 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #2,387)
- Biggest jump: 1,242 spots in 1950 (#2,013 → #771)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1998 (#922 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1979 at #81 (3,712 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1979
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1950–1997
- Highest: 1 in 432 girls born in 1979 were named Mindy (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.9% of all girls named Mindy (14,022) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 85 | #2,013 (1949) | #3,688 |
| 1950s | 4,322 | #371 (1957) | #453 |
| 1960s | 5,460 | #357 (1969) | #406 |
| 1970s | 14,022 | #81 (1979) | #221 |
| 1980s | 12,657 | #131 (1980) | #230 |
| 1990s | 3,177 | #421 (1990) | #759 |
| 2000s | 1,395 | #1,168 (2000) | #1,509 |
| 2010s | 969 | #1,809 (2010) | #2,028 |
| 2020s | 528 | #1,792 (2023) | #2,163 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mindy in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 3,677 of them was named Mindy, which outranked 94.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.