Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Imelda

#1,931 most common girls' name of all time · #3,309 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among girls
#1,931
Rank overall
#3,309 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
7,476
Since 2016
355
Peak year
1978 #947
Best rank
#775 1911
Girls Boys peak 149/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Imelda first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 — 33 #4,275
2024 42 — 42 #3,646
2023 32 — 32 #4,370
2022 33 — 33 #4,301
2021 39 — 39 #3,811
2020 41 — 41 #3,614
2019 30 — 30 #4,559
2018 38 — 38 #3,860
2017 32 — 32 #4,397
2016 35 — 35 #4,167
2015 19 — 19 #6,463
2014 24 — 24 #5,465
2013 27 — 27 #5,022
2012 33 — 33 #4,398
2011 23 — 23 #5,741
2010 25 — 25 #5,429
2009 35 — 35 #4,275
2008 41 — 41 #3,866
2007 49 — 49 #3,382
2006 58 — 58 #2,945
2005 55 — 55 #2,938
2004 50 — 50 #3,079
2003 55 — 55 #2,807
2002 42 — 42 #3,291
2001 68 — 68 #2,334
2000 57 — 57 #2,596
1999 48 — 48 #2,816
1998 72 — 72 #2,051
1997 69 — 69 #2,048
1996 59 — 59 #2,257
1995 89 — 89 #1,655
1994 65 — 65 #2,107
1993 75 — 75 #1,883
1992 95 — 95 #1,616
1991 88 — 88 #1,683
1990 88 — 88 #1,671
1989 90 — 90 #1,564
1988 61 — 61 #1,974
1987 74 — 74 #1,652
1986 81 — 81 #1,516
1985 71 — 71 #1,657
1984 80 — 80 #1,450
1983 91 — 91 #1,320
1982 110 — 110 #1,217
1981 120 — 120 #1,139
1980 119 — 119 #1,143
1979 105 — 105 #1,233
1978 149 — 149 #947
1977 138 — 138 #987
1976 137 — 137 #937
1975 137 — 137 #931
1974 127 — 127 #970
1973 130 — 130 #936
1972 103 — 103 #1,097
1971 141 — 141 #923
1970 116 — 116 #1,054
1969 99 — 99 #1,114
1968 94 — 94 #1,102
1967 76 — 76 #1,221
1966 77 — 77 #1,228
1965 77 — 77 #1,229
1964 60 — 60 #1,464
1963 80 — 80 #1,230
1962 67 — 67 #1,352
1961 78 — 78 #1,254
1960 78 — 78 #1,240
1959 67 — 67 #1,310
1958 80 — 80 #1,191
1957 86 — 86 #1,136
1956 63 — 63 #1,314
1955 76 — 76 #1,143
1954 54 — 54 #1,370
1953 65 — 65 #1,201
1952 59 — 59 #1,238
1951 57 — 57 #1,234
1950 59 — 59 #1,206
1949 48 — 48 #1,328
1948 59 — 59 #1,180
1947 61 — 61 #1,154
1946 42 — 42 #1,349
1945 34 — 34 #1,389
1944 25 — 25 #1,679
1943 32 — 32 #1,480
1942 37 — 37 #1,335
1941 40 — 40 #1,194
1940 34 — 34 #1,279
1939 37 — 37 #1,205
1938 63 — 63 #897
1937 32 — 32 #1,292
1936 49 — 49 #990
1935 41 — 41 #1,091
1934 38 — 38 #1,160
1933 48 — 48 #1,005
1932 50 — 50 #1,001
1931 50 — 50 #991
1930 68 — 68 #873
1929 53 — 53 #999
1928 79 — 79 #813
1927 64 — 64 #948
1926 72 — 72 #878
1925 54 — 54 #1,032
1924 55 — 55 #1,051
1923 60 — 60 #961
1922 49 — 49 #1,095
1921 61 — 61 #953
1920 50 — 50 #1,055
1919 61 — 61 #908
1918 57 — 57 #957
1917 66 — 66 #847
1916 63 — 63 #865
1915 55 — 55 #891
1914 44 — 44 #884
1913 35 — 35 #910
1912 27 — 27 #1,000
1911 32 — 32 #775
1910 17 — 17 #1,102
1909 19 — 19 #954
1908 9 — 9 #1,503
1907 7 — 7 #1,744
1906 7 — 7 #1,653
1905 12 — 12 #1,152
1904 6 — 6 #1,775
1903 8 — 8 #1,404
1902 9 — 9 #1,291
1901 15 — 15 #880
1900 13 — 13 #1,101
1899 8 — 8 #1,261
1898 13 — 13 #1,007
1895 7 — 7 #1,405
1891 5 — 5 #1,504