Herlinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- er-LEEN-da
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Herlinda is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Herlinda mean?
Germanic: Spanish name from a Germanic root
Saint Harlindis, an 8th-century abbess in what is now Belgium, bore an early form of the name.
Is Herlinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Herlinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Herlinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Herlinda, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
2025 had more girls named Herlinda than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Herlinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Herlinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,667 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,598 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,547 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,383 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,326 |
| 1960 | 64 | #1,372 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,183 |
| 1958 | 81 | #1,179 |
| 1957 | 67 | #1,288 |
| 1956 | 71 | #1,236 |
| 1955 | 98 | #1,009 |
| 1954 | 87 | #1,052 |
| 1953 | 125 | #827 |
| 1952 | 128 | #799 |
| 1951 | 91 | #976 |
| 1950 | 103 | #873 |
| 1949 | 97 | #894 |
| 1948 | 83 | #954 |
| 1947 | 95 | #908 |
| 1946 | 77 | #945 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1944 | 75 | #881 |
| 1943 | 49 | #1,153 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,170 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,413 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,098 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | 50 | #998 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1930 | 56 | #983 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,163 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,170 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,111 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,255 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,155 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,360 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
Names like Herlinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ramona, Loretta, Linda, Regina, Priscilla, Sylvia, Barbara, Billie, Anita, Teresa, Bernadette, Marcella
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Herlinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/herlinda, updated 20 October 2026.