Malynda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LIN-duh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Malynda is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Malynda mean?
Modern: variant of Melinda, an English coinage using the suffix -inda
Variant of Melinda, an English coinage that first appeared in the 18th century.
Is Malynda a girl's or a boy's name?
Malynda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malynda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Malynda, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1979, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had more girls named Malynda than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Malynda in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malynda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,779 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Malynda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Miranda, Monica, Amanda, Samantha, Christina, Jessica, Rebecca, Kayla, Leanna, Vanessa, Natasha
Names related to Malynda
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Malynda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malynda, updated 20 October 2026.