Minde

Girls' name

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Minde has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1974, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Minde, 1978

1 in 635,000

Minde over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Minde: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Minde means

Minde is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Minde is used in Norwegian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 23 girls were recorded with the name Minde between 1974 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1974; its best national rank was #6,644 in 1974.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Minde?

Minde had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1978, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1978: 1 in 635,000; 5 of 3,173,639 births
Among girls only: 1 in 306,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1978: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 439,961 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Minde sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1978 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 439,961 children born in 1978 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Minde. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mindes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Minde was born before 1976 — so the typical Minde is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 23; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Minde rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1974 (8)
Years since peak: 51; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,644; 1974

Spellings of Minde

Minde is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 68.9% against Minde's <0.01%.

Linda68.9%1,455,143
Cindy12.2%257,294
Minnie7.5%159,280
Maude2.2%45,754
Mindy2.0%42,615
Mandy2.0%42,465
Mina0.91%19,267
Mandi0.47%10,025

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Minde by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,644; 1974
Peak year: 1974; 8 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 1978
All-time count: 23
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Minde

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Minji Minky Hande Minor Minya Minsa Minnow Minori Minne Minday Minica Minaya Minika Minden Lynnde Mini Wynde Minah Minako Minea Miniya Minga Kande Minyon

Sibling names for Minde

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kesha Latricia Stephenie Tawana Joleen Danelle Joey Shanda

For a brother

Demond Erin Giuseppe Abdul Andrea Jamey Chadwick Torrey

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