How Many People Are Named Emelda?
people named Emelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 537,397 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,396 babies named Emelda in Social Security records from 1907 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
34 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Emelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emelda alive today is about 64 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emelda first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1926, to 34 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Emelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,171, in 1909.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,171 (1909) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,533 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emelda were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 221 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emelda was given about 45.7 times as often in Louisiana.
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