Is Mendy a boy or girl name?

Mendy is a unisex name. Of the 3,059 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 70.6% were girls and 29.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2002, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Mendy

Recorded 1954–2025 · United States

Mendy was most popular in 1974, when 172 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,383 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,471, with 52 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,059 people named Mendy.

Mendy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mendy’s peak in 1974. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mendy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mendy is a unisex name — 70.6% of the 3,059 Americans given it were girls and 29.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2002 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Mendy

Where Mendy is most concentrated

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

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