Holding steady.
Popularity of Mylinda since 1947
Babies named Mylinda per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1957, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Mylinda's real moment was 1969.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 |
| 1950s | 140 |
| 1960s | 253 |
| 1970s | 187 |
| 1980s | 119 |
| 1990s | 54 |
| 2000s | 37 |
| 2010s | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Mylinda is a mid-20th century invention, first recorded in 1947, that never achieved wide popularity. Its peak usage came in 1969, still remaining below the threshold to enter the national rankings. The name belongs to a class of feminine coinages that combined fashionable sounds and suffixes, such as the popular '-inda' ending shared with Linda and Melinda. Since the 1960s, its usage has remained stable at very low levels, with fewer than five annual births in most years. No top states have been associated with the name, reflecting its extremely rare and scattered use.
Mylinda is a modern invented name, likely formed by blending popular mid-20th century name elements, such as the prefix 'My-' (from names like Myra) and the suffix '-linda' (from Linda, a name derived from Spanish and Portuguese words for 'pretty'). It first appeared in U.S. records in 1947 and saw modest use, particularly in the 1960s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: My, Linda, Lin
Sibling names for Mylinda
Names that share Mylinda's style, for a brother or sister.
