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

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Peak · girls
1979 · 3,712 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,615
since 1940

Mindy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #81, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,38775
2024#1,98099
2023#1,792113
2022#2,31980
2021#2,38475
2020#2,11586
2019#1,99996
2018#1,99798
2017#2,26882
2016#2,14990
2015#2,35178
2014#1,967101
2013#1,888106
2012#1,929102
2011#1,927103
2010#1,809113
2009#1,792120
2008#1,808120
2007#1,760122
2006#1,590135
2005#1,451146
2004#1,562126
2003#1,395142
2002#1,370141
2001#1,193171
2000#1,168172
1999#1,070188
1998#1,055186
1997#922216
1996#810251
1995#822239
1994#758274
1993#665330
1992#565414
1991#497477
1990#421602
1989#360711
1988#301821
1987#265957
1986#2441,072#4,4579
1985#2321,116
1984#1991,347
1983#2071,222
1982#2061,322#6,3855
1981#1551,827#4,9617
1980#1312,262#4,9407
1979#813,712#3,81010
1978#1701,593#3,61410
1977#2051,235
1976#2101,166#4,0128
1975#1921,308
1974#1941,313#4,6346
1973#2281,117
1972#292862
1971#2841,010#4,9075
1970#353706
1969#357648
1968#380581
1967#419496
1966#428474
1965#447451
1964#420540
1963#404561
1962#394583
1961#424536
1960#391590
1959#397560
1958#376588
1957#371599
1956#380546
1955#388508
1954#412439
1953#441385
1952#517265
1951#476306
1950#771126
1949#2,01323
1948#2,41617
1947#3,7069
1946#4,9605
1945#4,0256
1944#4,0546
1943#3,2499
1942
1941#4,4205
1940#4,3495
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First appearance
1940

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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNHWashington: #770 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,894 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,061 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,672 girlsMINew York: #561 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,463 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedINOhio: #808 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,889 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #717 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,220 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,002 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 7,718 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,274 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,612 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mindy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,527 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 13,925 girlsTXFlorida: #1,472 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,885 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#561 · 1 in 3,463
  2. New Jersey#717 · 1 in 5,220
  3. Washington#770 · 1 in 4,894
  4. Ohio#808 · 1 in 6,889
  5. California#1,002 · 1 in 7,718

Best ever in a state: #28 in Utah, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#561291 in 3,463
New Jersey#71781 in 5,220
Washington#77061 in 4,894
Ohio#80891 in 6,889
California#1,002291 in 7,718
Michigan#1,06161 in 8,672
Georgia#1,27451 in 9,612
Florida#1,47261 in 12,885
Texas#1,527111 in 13,925
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1979 at #81 (3,712 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1979
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1950–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 432
  • Highest: 1 in 432 girls born in 1979 were named Mindy (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,430 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 32.9% of all girls named Mindy (14,022) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s85#2,013 (1949)#3,688
1950s4,322#371 (1957)#453
1960s5,460#357 (1969)#406
1970s14,022#81 (1979)#221
1980s12,657#131 (1980)#230
1990s3,177#421 (1990)#759
2000s1,395#1,168 (2000)#1,509
2010s969#1,809 (2010)#2,028
2020s528#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 2000

girls
#1,168
172 births · 1 in 10,558 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #1,168Mindy172
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 10,558 of them was named Mindy, which outranked 93.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mindy
  1. #1,162Shae173
  2. #1,162Taniya173
  3. #1,162Winter173
  4. #1,168Mindy172
  5. #1,168Rhea172
  6. #1,168Tristen172
  7. #1,171Danae171
  8. #1,171Jamia171
  9. #1,171Natalya171

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000