Girls' name · since 1889
Armilda
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.
- #18,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
239 girls have been named Armilda since 1889, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Armilda has 239 recorded births among girls since 1889, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 1955.
- #18,020 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1889
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Armilda ranks #18,020 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1889, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1889
- 1920s
- peak decade
Armilda's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by West Virginia.
Armilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Armilda's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1925 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Armilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–1955
- Peak year (1925)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Armilda by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (109 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Armilda's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Armilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
48 births
- 1920s
1920s
109 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 109 births (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.
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What to do with Armilda's data
- Armilda's decade-level peak was the 1920s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- West Virginia records the most Armildas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. West Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Armilda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1889–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Armilda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.