Is Melynda a boy or girl name?

Melynda is a girl’s name. Of the 2,723 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Melynda

Recorded 1943–2021 · United States

Melynda was most popular in 1973, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,857 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,723 people named Melynda.

Melynda over time

Births per year. The dot marks Melynda’s peak in 1973. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Melynda a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Melynda is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,723 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Melynda

Where Melynda is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Explore further

See Melynda on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org