Imelda

#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births

Peak · girls
#766
1911 · 32 births
Debut · girls
1891
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,476
since 1891

Imelda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Imelda has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #766, 1911girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,26533
2024#3,63942
2023#4,36332
2022#4,29533
2021#3,80139
2020#3,60741
2019#4,54630
2018#3,85338
2017#4,38432
2016#4,15735
2015#6,45219
2014#5,45624
2013#5,01327
2012#4,38733
2011#5,72823
2010#5,41425
2009#4,26935
2008#3,85941
2007#3,37649
2006#2,94058
2005#2,93555
2004#3,07150
2003#2,80055
2002#3,28342
2001#2,33168
2000#2,59357
1999#2,81248
1998#2,04872
1997#2,04569
1996#2,25359
1995#1,65189
1994#2,10265
1993#1,88275
1992#1,61495
1991#1,67788
1990#1,67088
1989#1,56490
1988#1,96861
1987#1,64774
1986#1,51581
1985#1,65071
1984#1,44680
1983#1,31991
1982#1,213110
1981#1,139120
1980#1,141119
1979#1,232105
1978#947149
1977#987138
1976#936137
1975#931137
1974#969127
1973#934130
1972#1,096103
1971#919141
1970#1,052116
1969#1,10999
1968#1,09994
1967#1,21976
1966#1,22577
1965#1,22677
1964#1,46260
1963#1,22680
1962#1,35067
1961#1,25378
1960#1,23678
1959#1,30667
1958#1,18980
1957#1,13586
1956#1,31263
1955#1,14276
1954#1,36754
1953#1,19965
1952#1,23659
1951#1,22457
1950#1,20059
1949#1,32348
1948#1,17359
1947#1,15061
1946#1,33742
1945#1,37434
1944#1,66125
1943#1,46732
1942#1,32537
1941#1,18440
1940#1,27234
1939#1,19437
1938#89063
1937#1,28232
1936#97949
1935#1,08441
1934#1,14838
1933#99948
1932#99850
1931#98450
1930#86768
1929#99453
1928#80579
1927#93564
1926#87372
1925#1,02054
1924#1,04655
1923#95360
1922#1,08949
1921#94661
1920#1,04850
1919#90261
1918#94857
1917#84166
1916#85663
1915#88555
1914#87844
1913#90135
1912#97827
1911#76632
1910#1,06917
1909#93519
1908#1,4399
1907#1,6397
1906#1,5537
1905#1,09312
1904#1,6596
1903#1,3188
1902#1,2199
1901#85715
1900#1,05313
1899#1,1818
1898#96313
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1895#1,2997
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1891#1,3325
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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.

See more about Imelda
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s33#963 (1898)#1,194
1900s105#857 (1901)#1,277
1910s457#766 (1911)#902
1920s597#805 (1928)#971
1930s476#867 (1930)#1,043
1940s412#1,150 (1947)#1,327
1950s666#1,135 (1957)#1,231
1960s786#1,099 (1968)#1,241
1970s1,283#919 (1971)#1,000
1980s897#1,139 (1981)#1,460
1990s748#1,614 (1992)#1,975
2000s510#2,331 (2001)#3,146
2010s286#3,853 (2018)#4,939
2020s220#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 1970

girls
#1,052
116 births · 1 in 15,070 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #1,052Imelda116
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 15,070 of them was named Imelda, which outranked 88.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Imelda
  1. #1,042Shantel118
  2. #1,050Shawnna117
  3. #1,050Tommie117
  4. #1,052Imelda116
  5. #1,052Clare116
  6. #1,052Cristin116
  7. #1,052Julissa116
  8. #1,060Callie115
  9. #1,060Dolly115
  10. #1,060Evangeline115

Tied with 7 names at #1,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →