Ismelda

Girl · recorded 1960–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1975best year

Most popular in 1975.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ismelda.

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Its story

Popularity since 1960

03519601972198419962008

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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 17 recorded years as a table
Ismelda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19602
19713
19733
19744
19755
19765
19803
19814
19824
19874
19904
19955
19983
20003
20023
20053
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ismelda 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 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#17,504
How rare
1 in 378,187 girls
Since 1960
101

Ismelda was last recorded in 2008. 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 1975, at 5 per million girls born.

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

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