Imelda is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Imelda is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,295 for girl births in the United States (and #7,479 across all names), given to 33 babies. Imelda first appears in 1891 and peaked in 1978 (149 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | #4,295 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | #3,667 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | #4,400 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | #4,317 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | #3,832 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #3,648 |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #4,587 |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | #3,879 |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 | #4,431 |
| 2016 | 35 | 35 | #4,193 |
| 2015 | 19 | 19 | #6,560 |
| 2014 | 24 | 24 | #5,534 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | #5,064 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | #4,422 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #5,813 |
| 2010 | 25 | 25 | #5,492 |
| 2009 | 35 | 35 | #4,304 |
| 2008 | 41 | 41 | #3,889 |
| 2007 | 49 | 49 | #3,399 |
| 2006 | 58 | 58 | #2,949 |
| 2005 | 55 | 55 | #2,945 |
| 2004 | 50 | 50 | #3,091 |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,812 |
| 2002 | 42 | 42 | #3,295 |
| 2001 | 68 | 68 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 57 | 57 | #2,605 |
| 1999 | 48 | 48 | #2,824 |
| 1998 | 72 | 72 | #2,055 |
| 1997 | 69 | — | #2,056 |
| 1996 | 59 | — | #2,265 |
| 1995 | 89 | — | #1,657 |
| 1994 | 65 | — | #2,112 |
| 1993 | 75 | — | #1,888 |
| 1992 | 95 | — | #1,615 |
| 1991 | 88 | — | #1,683 |
| 1990 | 88 | — | #1,674 |
| 1989 | 90 | — | #1,567 |
| 1988 | 61 | — | #1,974 |
| 1987 | 74 | — | #1,651 |
| 1986 | 81 | — | #1,518 |
| 1985 | 71 | — | #1,657 |
| 1984 | 80 | — | #1,452 |
| 1983 | 91 | — | #1,321 |
| 1982 | 110 | — | #1,214 |
| 1981 | 120 | — | #1,141 |
| 1980 | 119 | — | #1,143 |
| 1979 | 105 | — | #1,232 |
| 1978 | 149 | — | #947 |
| 1977 | 138 | — | #988 |
| 1976 | 137 | — | #937 |
| 1975 | 137 | — | #931 |
| 1974 | 127 | — | #971 |
| 1973 | 130 | — | #937 |
| 1972 | 103 | — | #1,101 |
| 1971 | 141 | — | #925 |
| 1970 | 116 | — | #1,054 |
| 1969 | 99 | — | #1,113 |
| 1968 | 94 | — | #1,101 |
| 1967 | 76 | — | #1,223 |
| 1966 | 77 | — | #1,227 |
| 1965 | 77 | — | #1,233 |
| 1964 | 60 | — | #1,464 |
| 1963 | 80 | — | #1,230 |
| 1962 | 67 | — | #1,354 |
| 1961 | 78 | — | #1,253 |
| 1960 | 78 | — | #1,241 |
| 1959 | 67 | — | #1,310 |
| 1958 | 80 | — | #1,190 |
| 1957 | 86 | — | #1,138 |
| 1956 | 63 | — | #1,314 |
| 1955 | 76 | — | #1,147 |
| 1954 | 54 | — | #1,369 |
| 1953 | 65 | — | #1,201 |
| 1952 | 59 | — | #1,241 |
| 1951 | 57 | — | #1,230 |
| 1950 | 59 | — | #1,205 |
| 1949 | 48 | — | #1,328 |
| 1948 | 59 | — | #1,177 |
| 1947 | 61 | — | #1,156 |
| 1946 | 42 | — | #1,343 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | #1,384 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | #1,677 |
| 1943 | 32 | — | #1,479 |
| 1942 | 37 | — | #1,331 |
| 1941 | 40 | — | #1,194 |
| 1940 | 34 | — | #1,281 |
| 1939 | 37 | — | #1,205 |
| 1938 | 63 | — | #893 |
| 1937 | 32 | — | #1,291 |
| 1936 | 49 | — | #982 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #1,089 |
| 1934 | 38 | — | #1,154 |
| 1933 | 48 | — | #1,002 |
| 1932 | 50 | — | #1,000 |
| 1931 | 50 | — | #988 |
| 1930 | 68 | — | #871 |
| 1929 | 53 | — | #995 |
| 1928 | 79 | — | #809 |
| 1927 | 64 | — | #943 |
| 1926 | 72 | — | #874 |
| 1925 | 54 | — | #1,025 |
| 1924 | 55 | — | #1,052 |
| 1923 | 60 | — | #959 |
| 1922 | 49 | — | #1,095 |
| 1921 | 61 | — | #949 |
| 1920 | 50 | — | #1,057 |
| 1919 | 61 | — | #903 |
| 1918 | 57 | — | #955 |
| 1917 | 66 | — | #847 |
| 1916 | 63 | — | #860 |
| 1915 | 55 | — | #886 |
| 1914 | 44 | — | #882 |
| 1913 | 35 | — | #903 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | #987 |
| 1911 | 32 | — | #770 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,089 |
| 1909 | 19 | — | #947 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #1,482 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,719 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,632 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | #1,123 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,758 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | #1,377 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,261 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | #868 |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #1,076 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,223 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #985 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,354 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,414 |