Almeda
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 27 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,402since 1880
Almeda over time
Rank among girls' names. Almeda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,275 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1936 | #827 | 66 |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #764 | 74 |
| 1932 | #801 | 72 |
| 1931 | #750 | 79 |
| 1930 | #859 | 69 |
| 1929 | #798 | 78 |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 |
| 1927 | #839 | 77 |
| 1926 | #713 | 104 |
| 1925 | #681 | 118 |
| 1924 | #718 | 107 |
| 1923 | #696 | 111 |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 |
| 1921 | #636 | 135 |
| 1920 | #650 | 123 |
| 1919 | #612 | 131 |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 |
| 1917 | #665 | 104 |
| 1916 | #581 | 134 |
| 1915 | #574 | 127 |
| 1914 | #601 | 89 |
| 1913 | #544 | 87 |
| 1912 | #582 | 69 |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 |
| 1910 | #472 | 72 |
| 1909 | #479 | 61 |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 |
| 1907 | #580 | 40 |
| 1906 | #595 | 36 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #586 | 33 |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 |
| 1902 | #425 | 53 |
| 1901 | #547 | 31 |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 |
| 1899 | #498 | 35 |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 |
| 1894 | #450 | 38 |
| 1893 | #464 | 33 |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 |
| 1891 | #457 | 31 |
| 1890 | #508 | 26 |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 |
| 1888 | #503 | 25 |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 |
| 1886 | #400 | 29 |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 |
| 1884 | #368 | 29 |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 |
| 1882 | #360 | 24 |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Almeda was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Almeda is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#258 · 1 in 1,388
Best ever in a state: #227 in Oklahoma, 1910.
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| North Dakota | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,388 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Almeda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1899 (#719 → #498)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1898 (#477 → #719)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #343 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 75 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 4,160 girls born in 1883 were named Almeda (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,492 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 23.9% of all girls named Almeda (1,051) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 242 | #343 (1883) | #416 |
| 1890s | 311 | #450 (1894) | #516 |
| 1900s | 386 | #425 (1902) | #568 |
| 1910s | 987 | #472 (1910) | #584 |
| 1920s | 1,051 | #636 (1921) | #720 |
| 1930s | 608 | #750 (1931) | #903 |
| 1940s | 352 | #1,023 (1940) | #1,451 |
| 1950s | 219 | #1,781 (1952) | #2,373 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,197 (1961) | #4,014 |
| 1970s | 53 | #4,492 (1970) | #6,322 |
| 1980s | 49 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,352 |
| 1990s | 18 | #10,588 (1993) | #11,991 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Almeda in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 84,311 of them was named Almeda, which outranked 67.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,289Viveca25
- #2,289Vivien25
- #2,289Vonna25
- #2,339Almeda24
- #2,339Albert24
- #2,339Andy24
- #2,339Anitra24
- #2,395Alisia23
- #2,395Annabell23
- #2,395Audra23
Tied with 55 names at #2,339; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.