# Malinda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malinda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,464 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 21,464 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of Melinda, used since the eighteenth century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,081 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,927 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,425 |
| 2014 | 84 | 2,249 |
| 2015 | 80 | 2,333 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,635 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,707 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,741 |
| 2020 | 60 | 2,767 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,326 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,624 |
| 2023 | 76 | 2,390 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,880 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,881 |

## People named Malinda

- Malinda Williams, American actress
- Malinda Lo, American writer of young adult novels (1974-)
- Mindy McCready, American country music singer (1975–2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.