Mindy comes from the English / Greek tradition, meaning Woman of Gloom.
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How popular is Mindy?
1979peak year
Today, Mindy is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2147), with only about 90 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1979, 3,712 babies were given the name (ranked #81 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1970s. Mindy's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 42,607 babies have been registered as Mindy since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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