girls:
2.2k births since 1954
#3699 (35th percentile)
boys:
783 births since 1957
#3804 (17th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1954
#4998 (35th percentile)
The name Mendy is the #4,998 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,943 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 35.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,699 (35.3% percentile) for all time with 2,160 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #3,804 (17.0% percentile) for all time with 783 births since 1957.
Mendy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1957 for boys).
The name Mendy has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Mendy were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (96.3% girls from 1954 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (91.8% boys from 1999 to 2023).
For girls, Mendy reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 22.4% percentile (ranked #579) with 110 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 110 births per million (ranked 22.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
For boys, Mendy reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #869) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2009, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Mendy ranks #861 for boys (5.5% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mendy".
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