# Mindy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mindy/  
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 | /ˈmɪndi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 67 / 42,615 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 168, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 103 | 1,935 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,935 |
| 2013 | 106 | 1,897 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,975 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,369 |
| 2016 | 90 | 2,164 |
| 2017 | 82 | 2,278 |
| 2018 | 98 | 2,006 |
| 2019 | 96 | 2,008 |
| 2020 | 86 | 2,130 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,410 |
| 2022 | 80 | 2,335 |
| 2023 | 113 | 1,800 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,988 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,401 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,402 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,039 |
| 1976 | 8 | 4,277 |
| 1978 | 10 | 3,765 |
| 1979 | 10 | 3,983 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,314 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,295 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,024 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,721 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Mindy

- Mindy Kaling, American actress, writer, and comedian
- Mindy Sterling, American actress (born 1953)
- Mindy Cohn, American actress
- Mindy Finn, American academic
- Mindy Robinson, American actress
- Mindy Smith, American singer

## 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.