Mindy ranks at #789 with 148 entries, registered female. The name is the diminutive of Melinda or Miranda, peaked on the human chart in the 1970s, and on a pet registry it now functions as the deliberately-vintage human-name pick — Mindy on a dog signals warm 1970s sitcom register.
The 1970s human-name register
Mindy clusters with Cindy, Sandy, Wendy, and Mandy in the deliberately-1970s female pet pocket. The cohort tracks owners who lived through the era and now choose names from their childhood memories for their dogs. The naming logic is unabashedly nostalgic and pairs comfortably with similarly-vintage household-pet siblings.
The Mork & Mindy overlay
The 1978-1982 Robin Williams sitcom Mork & Mindy gave the name its specific cultural moment, and a slice of registry Mindys carry that conscious reference. For a smaller modern cohort, the name carries the Mindy Kaling overlay — the actress and producer whose work has run prominently across the 2010s and 2020s — though the pet-naming shift toward this newer reference has been slow.
Sound and breed lean
Two syllables, front-stressed (MIN-dee), with bright vowels and a clean trailing sound that recalls warmly outside. Excellent shape for indoor and short-distance recall. The name lands without strong breed concentration — Mindy is a flat-distribution pick across Cocker Spaniels, mixed rescues, and small companion breeds. The human Mindy page shows clear 1970s-1980s peak and modern decline; pet Mindy carries the warm vintage register that human Mindy has largely vacated.