Melinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LIN-duh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,981 for girls
Melinda is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,981st for girls in the US (97 babies).
What does Melinda mean?
Greek: blend of mel- (Greek meli 'honey') and -inda
An 18th-century coinage combining mel-, from Greek meli 'honey', with the -inda of Belinda and Lucinda.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Melinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Melinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 97 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melinda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melinda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Melinda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Melinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,981st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 97 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 97 girls in the US were named Melinda, making it the 1,981st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 4,225 girls.
2025 had more girls named Melinda than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Melinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,981 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 91 | #2,107 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 93 | #2,057 |
| 2020 | 105 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,717 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 139 | #1,590 |
| 2015 | 174 | #1,362 |
| 2014 | 165 | #1,391 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,479 |
| 2012 | 174 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 193 | #1,237 |
| 2010 | 227 | #1,095 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,198 |
| 2008 | 253 | #1,036 |
| 2007 | 251 | #1,045 |
| 2006 | 252 | #1,015 |
| 2005 | 217 | #1,096 |
| 2004 | 219 | #1,058 |
| 2003 | 209 | #1,066 |
| 2002 | 242 | #923 |
| 2001 | 306 | #772 |
| 2000 | 337 | #695 |
| 1999 | 401 | #606 |
| 1998 | 414 | #583 |
| 1997 | 462 | #518 |
| 1996 | 540 | #464 |
| 1995 | 633 | #409 |
| 1994 | 765 | #348 |
| 1993 | 979 | #283 |
| 1992 | 1,085 | #259 |
| 1991 | 1,266 | #223 |
| 1990 | 1,381 | #208 |
| 1989 | 1,586 | #175 |
| 1988 | 1,879 | #148 |
| 1987 | 1,920 | #143 |
| 1986 | 1,959 | #147 |
| 1985 | 2,114 | #137 |
| 1984 | 2,228 | #129 |
| 1983 | 2,142 | #138 |
| 1982 | 2,409 | #123 |
| 1981 | 2,774 | #108 |
| 1980 | 3,201 | #92 |
| 1979 | 3,705 | #82 |
| 1978 | 3,563 | #84 |
| 1977 | 3,044 | #96 |
| 1976 | 2,995 | #95 |
| 1975 | 3,282 | #91 |
| 1974 | 3,752 | #81 |
| 1973 | 4,144 | #72 |
| 1972 | 3,671 | #81 |
| 1971 | 4,057 | #85 |
| 1970 | 4,225 | #93 |
| 1969 | 3,988 | #89 |
| 1968 | 3,814 | #90 |
| 1967 | 3,632 | #95 |
| 1966 | 3,382 | #102 |
| 1965 | 3,796 | #100 |
| 1964 | 3,703 | #113 |
| 1963 | 3,575 | #121 |
| 1962 | 3,854 | #118 |
| 1961 | 3,507 | #129 |
| 1960 | 3,046 | #143 |
| 1959 | 2,805 | #151 |
| 1958 | 2,937 | #142 |
| 1957 | 2,828 | #146 |
| 1956 | 2,713 | #142 |
| 1955 | 2,413 | #150 |
| 1954 | 1,954 | #176 |
| 1953 | 1,773 | #176 |
| 1952 | 1,513 | #195 |
| 1951 | 1,410 | #205 |
| 1950 | 1,163 | #221 |
| 1949 | 1,073 | #227 |
| 1948 | 840 | #265 |
| 1947 | 696 | #299 |
| 1946 | 484 | #336 |
| 1945 | 355 | #374 |
| 1944 | 393 | #347 |
| 1943 | 510 | #308 |
| 1942 | 442 | #329 |
| 1941 | 328 | #374 |
| 1940 | 302 | #383 |
| 1939 | 192 | #484 |
| 1938 | 108 | #659 |
| 1937 | 80 | #761 |
| 1936 | 48 | #993 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,119 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,827 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,770 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,055 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 20 | #833 |
| 1899 | 17 | #791 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 22 | #658 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 20 | #638 |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 21 | #548 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 12 | #561 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 14 | #449 |
Nicknames for Melinda
Names like Melinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Maria, Lara, Georgina, Alexandra, Francesca, Rebecca, Athena, Cassandra, Elena, Christina, Tabitha
Names related to Melinda
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Melinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melinda, updated 20 October 2026.