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Imelda

Rank in 2024
#3,655
Born in 2024
42
Peak year
1978 · #948
Origin
Romance languages

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 42 girls were named Imelda, about 1 in every 38,409.
  • It peaked in 1978 with 149 babies, ranked #948.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1891.
  • 7,442 girls have been named Imelda since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Imelda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,014 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 810 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,239 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,825 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,337 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 780 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 391 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Romance (Italian Imelda, Spanish Imelda), from German Irmhild.

  • A female given name from the Romance languages.
Origin
Romance languages
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Imelda, CC BY-SA 4.0.