Imelda · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1891

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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 130 recorded years as a table

Imelda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1891	27
1895	30
1898	50
1899	34
1900	43
1901	63
1902	34
1903	31
1904	22
1905	41
1906	24
1907	22
1908	27
1909	55
1910	43
1911	76
1912	48
1913	56
1914	58
1915	56
1916	60
1917	61
1918	49
1919	54
1920	42
1921	49
1922	41
1923	50
1924	44
1925	44
1926	61
1927	54
1928	68
1929	47
1930	60
1931	47
1932	47
1933	48
1934	36
1935	39
1936	47
1937	30
1938	57
1939	34
1940	30
1941	33
1942	27
1943	23
1944	19
1945	26
1946	27
1947	34
1948	35
1949	28
1950	34
1951	32
1952	32
1953	35
1954	28
1955	39
1956	31
1957	42
1958	40
1959	33
1960	39
1961	39
1962	34
1963	42
1964	32
1965	44
1966	46
1967	46
1968	57
1969	59
1970	66
1971	85
1972	68
1973	89
1974	87
1975	94
1976	94
1977	90
1978	97
1979	65
1980	72
1981	72
1982	65
1983	54
1984	48
1985	41
1986	47
1987	43
1988	34
1989	49
1990	46
1991	47
1992	52
1993	41
1994	36
1995	51
1996	34
1997	40
1998	41
1999	27
2000	31
2001	38
2002	23
2003	30
2004	27
2005	30
2006	31
2007	25
2008	22
2009	19
2010	14
2011	13
2012	19
2013	15
2014	13
2015	11
2016	20
2017	19
2018	22
2019	18
2020	25
2021	24
2022	20
2023	20
2024	26
2025	21

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Imelda 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 33
Rank in 2025: #4,265
How rare: 1 in 48,705 girls
Since 1891: 7,476

Most popular in 1978, at 97 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 93% per million girls born.

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