MELINDA is ranked as the 406th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 153,289.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 48.07 people named MELINDA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MELINDA is 126,238.
The SSA data also shows that MELINDA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MELINDA is
74.6% White,
9.2% Hispanic origin,
12.3% Black,
1.9% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MELINDA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MELINDA is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Feminine given name
English surname
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MELINDA
The state with the most people named
MELINDA is
Texas where
19,102 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MELINDA, as
77.35 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MELINDA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
4,223
32.78
99.1%
Indiana
4,094
62.06
98.9%
Iowa
1,991
64.09
98.7%
Kansas
1,639
56.42
97.7%
Michigan
4,276
43.15
99.4%
Minnesota
2,085
38.2
98.9%
Missouri
1,542
51.51
98.1%
Nebraska
624
33.17
95.9%
North Dakota
193
26.1
89.3%
Ohio
6,068
52.34
99.1%
South Dakota
265
31.09
91.1%
Wisconsin
1,948
33.84
98.8%
West States
State stats for the first name MELINDA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
350
47.56
92.5%
Arizona
2,521
37.46
98.3%
California
18,652
48.07
99.7%
Colorado
2,175
40.6
98.4%
Hawaii
512
36.05
97.4%
Idaho
656
40.13
95.9%
Montana
384
37.55
93.5%
Nevada
1,055
37.15
97.5%
New Mexico
985
47.23
96.4%
Oregon
1,834
46.19
98.2%
Utah
1,491
50.65
97.8%
Washington
4,200
59.47
99.3%
Wyoming
224
38.31
91.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MELINDA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
1,779
49.45
98.5%
Maine
1,029
77.35
96.7%
Massachusetts
3,053
45.26
98.7%
New Hampshire
757
57.04
96.5%
New Jersey
3,023
33.82
98.9%
New York
6,046
30.62
99.5%
Pennsylvania
4,326
33.83
99.1%
Rhode Island
474
44.92
96.1%
Vermont
251
40.04
94.9%
South States
State stats for the first name MELINDA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MELINDA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MELINDA.
The most popular full name is MELINDA Smith.
0.97% of all the people named MELINDA
have this family name.
There are 14381 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MELINDA