Imelda
Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild.
Meaning & Origin of Imelda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild.
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The Story of Imelda
Imelda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1891, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 149 Imeldas were born — ranking #947 that year. As of 2026, Imelda ranks #3,884 for baby girls with 38 births, holding steady (+2%). In total, more than 8K Imeldas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Imelda
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- Imelda Calixto-Rubiano , Filipina politician
- Imelda Chiappa , Italian road racing cyclist
- Imelda Concepcion , Filipina actress
- Imelda Corcoran , Australian actress
- Imelda Crawford, birth name of Anne Crawford , British actress
- Imelda Fransisca , Indonesian beauty queen
- Imelda Gruber , Italian luger
- Imelda Henry , Irish politician
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About the name Imelda
Imelda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Imelda's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #766. Use the chart and map above to compare Imelda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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