Emelda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Emelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,396 babies named Emelda between 1907 and 2019, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emelda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Emelda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 715 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Emelda in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emelda 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 1,396 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.