Malinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LIN-da
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Malinda is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Malinda mean?
Greek: spelling of Melinda, from Greek meli, honey, + -inda
A spelling of Melinda, an 18th-century coinage probably joining Greek meli, honey, to the ending of Belinda.
Is Malinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Malinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,859among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Malinda, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 460 girls.
Half of all the girls named Malinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 76 | #2,379 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 80 | #2,318 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 97 | #2,090 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,253 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,028 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,669 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,959 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 119 | #1,378 |
| 1994 | 127 | #1,328 |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1992 | 152 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 154 | #1,147 |
| 1990 | 187 | #985 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 196 | #892 |
| 1987 | 210 | #829 |
| 1986 | 200 | #832 |
| 1985 | 212 | #789 |
| 1984 | 261 | #666 |
| 1983 | 243 | #702 |
| 1982 | 292 | #616 |
| 1981 | 322 | #573 |
| 1980 | 355 | #533 |
| 1979 | 404 | #500 |
| 1978 | 440 | #453 |
| 1977 | 364 | #510 |
| 1976 | 382 | #481 |
| 1975 | 353 | #506 |
| 1974 | 399 | #455 |
| 1973 | 459 | #427 |
| 1972 | 419 | #449 |
| 1971 | 427 | #468 |
| 1970 | 453 | #463 |
| 1969 | 460 | #447 |
| 1968 | 388 | #492 |
| 1967 | 334 | #519 |
| 1966 | 309 | #536 |
| 1965 | 372 | #494 |
| 1964 | 340 | #533 |
| 1963 | 338 | #528 |
| 1962 | 357 | #517 |
| 1961 | 330 | #544 |
| 1960 | 316 | #547 |
| 1959 | 387 | #496 |
| 1958 | 366 | #501 |
| 1957 | 328 | #528 |
| 1956 | 306 | #531 |
| 1955 | 263 | #560 |
| 1954 | 235 | #590 |
| 1953 | 226 | #589 |
| 1952 | 210 | #598 |
| 1951 | 212 | #590 |
| 1950 | 224 | #554 |
| 1949 | 227 | #552 |
| 1948 | 165 | #648 |
| 1947 | 183 | #622 |
| 1946 | 158 | #628 |
| 1945 | 128 | #646 |
| 1944 | 121 | #677 |
| 1943 | 121 | #691 |
| 1942 | 131 | #653 |
| 1941 | 97 | #713 |
| 1940 | 102 | #686 |
| 1939 | 74 | #797 |
| 1938 | 69 | #851 |
| 1937 | 70 | #819 |
| 1936 | 55 | #921 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1934 | 55 | #925 |
| 1933 | 51 | #957 |
| 1932 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 51 | #970 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 53 | #994 |
| 1928 | 66 | #902 |
| 1927 | 73 | #863 |
| 1926 | 70 | #888 |
| 1925 | 81 | #828 |
| 1924 | 70 | #903 |
| 1923 | 90 | #769 |
| 1922 | 87 | #780 |
| 1921 | 82 | #809 |
| 1920 | 117 | #671 |
| 1919 | 102 | #695 |
| 1918 | 118 | #647 |
| 1917 | 90 | #740 |
| 1916 | 109 | #652 |
| 1915 | 113 | #615 |
| 1914 | 86 | #618 |
| 1913 | 84 | #559 |
| 1912 | 85 | #525 |
| 1911 | 58 | #558 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 |
| 1908 | 56 | #479 |
| 1907 | 66 | #439 |
| 1906 | 69 | #411 |
| 1905 | 60 | #433 |
| 1904 | 52 | #450 |
| 1903 | 58 | #414 |
| 1902 | 72 | #375 |
| 1901 | 38 | #487 |
| 1900 | 81 | #372 |
| 1899 | 59 | #378 |
| 1898 | 69 | #374 |
| 1897 | 66 | #362 |
| 1896 | 52 | #392 |
| 1895 | 60 | #363 |
| 1894 | 62 | #351 |
| 1893 | 40 | #430 |
| 1892 | 53 | #365 |
| 1891 | 67 | #306 |
| 1890 | 62 | #322 |
| 1889 | 44 | #362 |
| 1888 | 73 | #270 |
| 1887 | 50 | #302 |
| 1886 | 53 | #284 |
| 1885 | 45 | #296 |
| 1884 | 55 | #263 |
| 1883 | 47 | #265 |
| 1882 | 43 | #265 |
| 1881 | 40 | #251 |
| 1880 | 35 | #261 |
Nicknames for Malinda
Names like Malinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Margaret Melissa Leona Laura Teresa Martha Lena Christina Helena Matilda Myra Catherine
Names related to Malinda
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Malinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malinda, updated 20 October 2026.