How Many People Are Named Ermelinda?
people named Ermelinda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 356,769 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,374 babies named Ermelinda in Social Security records from 1912 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and linde "soft, tender".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ermelinda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ermelinda alive today is about 55 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ermelinda first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1964, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Ermelinda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,675, in 1930.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,675 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,320 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ermelinda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ermelinda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 251 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ermelinda was given 10.1 times as often in Texas and 3.5 times in California.
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