Arminda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arminda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,294 babies named Arminda between 1881 and 2014, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arminda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arminda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 206 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Arminda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Arminda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arminda 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 1,294 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.