Melinda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Melinda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Melinda: Recorded since 1962, it reached #33 in 1973, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
104times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1543
1998	#1823
1999	#2770
2000	#1688
2001	#2226
2002	#2868
2003	#1628
2004	#1715
2005	#2084
2006	#2320
2007	#2085
2008	#2292
2009	#1752
2010	#1901
2011	#2275
2012	#2521
2013	#2176
2014	#3514
2015	#2328
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2019	#2458
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2022	#2673
2023	#2346
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 37 of the 48 years from 1968 to 2015.

In 2015: #562 among girls in Norway, #2328 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1962–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #97 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1962–1986
Highest recorded position: #33 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1973 (recorded 1962–1986).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Melinda appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 37 ranked years and 202 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1962.

Melinda across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Melinda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#560 (1968)	#377 (1977)	#562 (2015)	37 of 48	202 (1968–2015)	11 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1543 (1997)	#2771 (2024)	29 of 29	270 (1996–2024)	15 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#97 (1962)	#33 (1973)	#83 (1986)	23 of 25	3,620 (1962–1986)	286 (1973)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#347 (1983)	#516 (1993)	15 of 24	65 (1970–1993)	8 (1983)

Melinda by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Melinda in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	52	10 of 10	5
1980s	35	7 of 10	5
1990s	54	10 of 10	5
2000s	31	4 of 10	8
2010s	26	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Melinda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #33 in New South Wales, Australia in 1973.

Melinda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	216	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	286	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	280	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	240	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	182	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	Norway	female	#562	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#594	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#479	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#395	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#486	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#422	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#564	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#397	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#591	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#588	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#646	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#588	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#615	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#663	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#670	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#634	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#682	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#566	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#613	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#506	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#650	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#641	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#646	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#630	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#377	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#518	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#617	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#614	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#592	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#560	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1962 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 1973.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 286 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1973.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Melia · #1343, 22y
Melina · #156, 41y
Melis · #1160, 29y
Melisa · #353, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Gareth · #30, 61y
Cormac · #37, 62y
Sheila · #37, 61y
Aine · #27, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aidan · #33, 62y
Aiden · #33, 62y
Cora · #33, 62y
Georgina · #33, 62y

Melinda was ranked #33 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Melinda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Melinda without appearing here.

Melinda moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Melinda

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2328 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Melinda

Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2015 in Norway · Girls, Melinda went from #377 to #562 while Emilie went from #500 to #6.
Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.

Moved the same way as Melinda

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Melinda went from #1646 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #33 in New South Wales, Australia in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Melinda

Melinda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Melinda across 4 official records

Melinda by decade in Norway · Girls

Melinda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Melinda and the names beside it

Melinda moved ahead of

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Melinda at a glance

Melinda across 4 official records

Melinda by decade in Norway · Girls

Melinda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Melinda

Melinda and the names beside it

Melinda moved ahead of

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