Imelda
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,476since 1891
Imelda over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Imelda has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 |
| 2005 | #2,935 | 55 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 |
| 1998 | #2,048 | 72 |
| 1997 | #2,045 | 69 |
| 1996 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 1995 | #1,651 | 89 |
| 1994 | #2,102 | 65 |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 |
| 1992 | #1,614 | 95 |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 |
| 1990 | #1,670 | 88 |
| 1989 | #1,564 | 90 |
| 1988 | #1,968 | 61 |
| 1987 | #1,647 | 74 |
| 1986 | #1,515 | 81 |
| 1985 | #1,650 | 71 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,319 | 91 |
| 1982 | #1,213 | 110 |
| 1981 | #1,139 | 120 |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 |
| 1979 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1978 | #947 | 149 |
| 1977 | #987 | 138 |
| 1976 | #936 | 137 |
| 1975 | #931 | 137 |
| 1974 | #969 | 127 |
| 1973 | #934 | 130 |
| 1972 | #1,096 | 103 |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 |
| 1970 | #1,052 | 116 |
| 1969 | #1,109 | 99 |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 |
| 1967 | #1,219 | 76 |
| 1966 | #1,225 | 77 |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 60 |
| 1963 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 |
| 1961 | #1,253 | 78 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,189 | 80 |
| 1957 | #1,135 | 86 |
| 1956 | #1,312 | 63 |
| 1955 | #1,142 | 76 |
| 1954 | #1,367 | 54 |
| 1953 | #1,199 | 65 |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #999 | 48 |
| 1932 | #998 | 50 |
| 1931 | #984 | 50 |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 |
| 1929 | #994 | 53 |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #873 | 72 |
| 1925 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1924 | #1,046 | 55 |
| 1923 | #953 | 60 |
| 1922 | #1,089 | 49 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #902 | 61 |
| 1918 | #948 | 57 |
| 1917 | #841 | 66 |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 |
| 1915 | #885 | 55 |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
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First appearance
1891
The first year at least five girls were named Imelda! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Imelda is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#296 · 1 in 3,908
- Wisconsin#366 · 1 in 4,658
- Louisiana#411 · 1 in 3,127
Best ever in a state: #166 in Maine, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #296 | 9 | 1 in 3,908 |
| Wisconsin | #366 | 5 | 1 in 4,658 |
| Louisiana | #411 | 6 | 1 in 3,127 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 626 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #4,265)
- 658 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #4,265)
- 2,187 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1909 (#1,439 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1902 (#857 → #1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1911 at #766 (32 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1911–1919
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,281
- Highest: 1 in 10,281 girls born in 1978 were named Imelda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #766 in 1911, was only 1 in 13,072 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 17.2% of all girls named Imelda (1,283) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 33 | #963 (1898) | #1,194 |
| 1900s | 105 | #857 (1901) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 457 | #766 (1911) | #902 |
| 1920s | 597 | #805 (1928) | #971 |
| 1930s | 476 | #867 (1930) | #1,043 |
| 1940s | 412 | #1,150 (1947) | #1,327 |
| 1950s | 666 | #1,135 (1957) | #1,231 |
| 1960s | 786 | #1,099 (1968) | #1,241 |
| 1970s | 1,283 | #919 (1971) | #1,000 |
| 1980s | 897 | #1,139 (1981) | #1,460 |
| 1990s | 748 | #1,614 (1992) | #1,975 |
| 2000s | 510 | #2,331 (2001) | #3,146 |
| 2010s | 286 | #3,853 (2018) | #4,939 |
| 2020s | 220 | #3,607 (2020) | #3,995 |
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.
Imelda in 1917
girls
#841
66 births · 1 in 16,383 girls
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 16,383 of them was named Imelda, which outranked 84.2% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).