# Malinda name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/f/malinda
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Malinda ranked #2881 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #2552.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #2881
- Birth count: 59
- Rate per 10,000: 0.37

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Malinda
- Rank: #2552
- Birth count: 66
- Rate per 10,000: 0.41
- Official count multiplier: 1.12x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.01
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.2%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1881
- Best rank year: 1881
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 9.4%

## Spelling components
- Malinda: 59 births
- Malynda: 7 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology