Emelda

Girl · recorded 1907–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

0193719071935196319912019

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Emelda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190722
190937
191023
191119
19129
191322
191420
191522
191619
191718
191816
191920
192023
192124
192221
192327
192426
192521
192629
192725
192823
192921
193021
193122
193219
193318
193415
193523
193621
193721
193817
193927
194019
194111
194214
194314
194417
19458
194614
19479
194816
194911
195013
19519
195212
19539
195411
195512
19568
195710
19588
19599
19604
19615
196210
19638
19648
19658
19666
19675
19688
196910
197010
19716
19729
19734
19744
19759
19768
19774
19789
19794
19806
19817
19824
19837
19844
19854
19863
19883
19894
19903
19933
20013
20153
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Emelda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#15,539
How rare
1 in 335,673 girls
Since 1907
1,396

Emelda was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 37 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Emelda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.