How Many People Are Named Imelda?
people named Imelda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,048 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,476 babies named Imelda in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
149 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian and Spanish form of IRMHILD. The Blessed Imelda was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Imelda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Imelda alive today is about 45 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Imelda first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1978, to 149 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Imelda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #770, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #4,294.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,294 |
| Best rank | #770 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,002 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Imelda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Imelda were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,921 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Imelda was given 6.2 times as often in Texas, 3.5 times in California and 1.4 times in Arizona.
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