Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Imelda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Imelda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Imelda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Imelda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Imelda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Imelda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Imelda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Imelda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 17 0.000028779 17 100%
1911 32 0.000049668 32 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 35 0.00003078 35 100%
1914 44 0.000031066 44 100%
1915 55 0.000030015 55 100%
1916 63 0.000032568 63 100%
1917 66 0.000032889 66 100%
1918 57 0.000026254 57 100%
1919 61 0.000028907 61 100%
1920 50 0.000022098 50 100%
1921 61 0.00002613 61 100%
1922 49 0.000021405 49 100%
1923 60 0.000026059 60 100%
1924 55 0.000023094 55 100%
1925 54 0.000023143 54 100%
1926 72 0.00003136 72 100%
1927 64 0.000027594 64 100%
1928 79 0.000034941 79 100%
1929 53 0.000024177 53 100%
1930 68 0.000030585 68 100%
1931 50 0.00002376 50 100%
1932 50 0.000023682 50 100%
1933 48 0.000024007 48 100%
1934 38 0.000018297 38 100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 100%
1936 49 0.000023585 49 100%
1937 32 0.000015019 32 100%
1938 63 0.000028474 63 100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 100%
1940 34 0.000014765 34 100%
1941 40 0.000016417 40 100%
1942 37 0.000013544 37 100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 100%
1945 34 0.000012816 34 100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 100%
1947 61 0.000016934 61 100%
1948 59 0.000017089 59 100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 100%
1950 59 0.000016841 59 100%
1951 57 0.000015473 57 100%
1952 59 0.000015534 59 100%
1953 65 0.000016867 65 100%
1954 54 0.000013565 54 100%
1955 76 0.000018929 76 100%
1956 63 0.00001528 63 100%
1957 86 0.000020466 86 100%
1958 80 0.000019352 80 100%
1959 67 0.000016114 67 100%
1960 78 0.000018778 78 100%
1961 78 0.00001883 78 100%
1962 67 0.000016603 67 100%
1963 80 0.000020211 80 100%
1964 60 0.000015434 60 100%
1965 77 0.000021239 77 100%
1966 77 0.000022154 77 100%
1967 76 0.000022387 76 100%
1968 94 0.000027824 94 100%
1969 99 0.000028487 99 100%
1970 116 0.000032164 116 100%
1971 141 0.00004108 141 100%
1972 103 0.000032771 103 100%
1973 130 0.000043091 130 100%
1974 127 0.000041776 127 100%
1975 137 0.000045373 137 100%
1976 137 0.00004515 137 100%
1977 138 0.000043444 138 100%
1978 149 0.000046946 149 100%
1979 105 0.00003156 105 100%
1980 119 0.000034548 119 100%
1981 120 0.000034688 120 100%
1982 110 0.000031357 110 100%
1983 91 0.000026275 91 100%
1984 80 0.000022931 80 100%
1985 71 0.000019893 71 100%
1986 81 0.000022771 81 100%
1987 74 0.000020524 74 100%
1988 61 0.000016509 61 100%
1989 90 0.00002341 90 100%
1990 88 0.000022265 88 100%
1991 88 0.000022592 88 100%
1992 95 0.000024731 95 100%
1993 75 0.000019892 75 100%
1994 65 0.000017484 65 100%
1995 89 0.000024303 89 100%
1996 59 0.000016177 59 100%
1997 69 0.000019031 69 100%
1998 72 0.000019575 72 100%
1999 48 0.000012995 48 100%
2000 57 0.00001508 57 100%
2001 68 0.000018165 68 100%
2002 42 0.000011235 42 100%
2003 55 0.000014465 55 100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 100%
2005 55 0.000014305 55 100%
2006 58 0.000014661 58 100%
2007 49 0.000012257 49 100%
2008 41 0.000010431 41 100%
2009 35 0.000009162 35 100%
2010 25 0.000006765 25 100%
2011 23 0.000006288 23 100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 100%
2013 27 0.000007406 27 100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 100%
2015 19 0.000005134 19 100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 100%
2017 32 0.000008948 32 100%
2018 38 0.000010808 38 100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 100%
2020 41 0.000012273 41 100%
2021 38 0.000011216 38 100%
2022 33 0.000009754 33 100%
2023 32 0.000009664 32 100%
2024 42 0.000012618 42 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Imelda:

  1. Imaya
  2. Imberly
  3. Imee
  4. Imeir
  5. Imela
  6. Imelda (this page)
  7. Imelia
  8. Imena
  9. Imer
  10. Imere
  11. Imery