Meaning and history
Melinda is a name formed from Mel, as in Melanie or Melissa, combined with the popular suffix -inda; it was created in the 18th century and may have been influenced by the similar name Belinda. In Hungary, it was popularized by József Katona’s 1819 play Bánk Bán.
20062006: 252 births, rank #1,015
2007: 251 births, rank #1,045
2008: 253 births, rank #1,036
2009: 209 births, rank #1,198
2010: 227 births, rank #1,095
20112011: 193 births, rank #1,237
2012: 174 births, rank #1,346
2013: 150 births, rank #1,479
2014: 165 births, rank #1,391
2015: 174 births, rank #1,362
20162016: 139 births, rank #1,590
2017: 131 births, rank #1,643
2018: 120 births, rank #1,717
2019: 98 births, rank #1,971
2020: 105 births, rank #1,849
20212021: 93 births, rank #2,057
2022: 83 births, rank #2,253
2023: 91 births, rank #2,107
2024: 91 births, rank #2,099
20252025: 97 births, rank #1,981
Melinda moved from #773 to #927 for girls between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 4,225 births.