Girls' name · peaked in 1979
Mindy name popularity since 1925
42,682 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mindy. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Mindy is about 47 years old in 2026. Mindy peaked in 1979 as the #81 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 42,682
- Named Mindy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,401 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 42,615 girls · 67 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.75× its national share
Peak year is the year Mindy made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mindy births per year, 1925–2025
1979 was the biggest year for Mindy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Mindy became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 13,600 baby girls to 1 in 3,850.
- Steepest fall: Between 1979 and 1984, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 432 to 1 in 1,250.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mindy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mindy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mindy in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 85 | 0 | #4,386 |
| 1950s | 4,322 | 0 | #390 |
| 1960s | 5,460 | 0 | #449 |
| 1970s | 14,022 | 39 | #192 |
| 1980s | 12,657 | 28 | #232 |
| 1990s | 3,177 | 0 | #824 |
| 2000s | 1,395 | 0 | #1,460 |
| 2010s | 969 | 0 | #2,369 |
| 2020–25 | 528 | 0 | #2,401 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
44.5% of babies named Mindy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Mindy is most popular
The index compares Mindy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mindy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.75× | 1,287 |
| Iowa | 2.34× | 1,199 |
| Idaho | 1.91× | 306 |
| Nebraska | 1.76× | 499 |
| Oregon | 1.71× | 648 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mindy and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mindy (this page) | 42,615 | 1979 |
| Mindi | 4,405 | 1979 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mindy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mindy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mindy (1979).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data