How popular is the name Mindy?

Mindy ranks 600th among girls' names in US records, with 42,607 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 897.

Is Mindy a unisex name?

No. Mindy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1979, when 3,712 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#600 of girl names

Pronounced M IH1 N D IY0 (ARPABET)

Mindy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1940. It has been given to 42,607 children — the 600th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 23% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1979, when 3,712 children were given it.

1979Girls: 3,712Boys: 10

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mindy?: Mindy ranks 600th among girls' names in US records, with 42,607 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 897.
Is Mindy a unisex name?: No. Mindy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mindy most popular?: 1979, when 3,712 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.