Armilda — girls' name
239 babies named Armilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Armilda was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Armilda in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Armilda
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Armilda between 1889 and 1955, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Armilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Armilda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Armilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Armilda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Armilda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 239 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Armilda at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Armilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1889
- Peak year (1925)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
239 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 19 births in a single year.
Armilda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 109 births that decade — 46% of Armilda's all-time total
Armilda decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Armilda's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Armilda by state
Where Armilda concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 6 | 2.5% |
6 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- West Virginia 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
West Virginia accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1889–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.