Ermalinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ermalinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Ermalinda between 1915 and 1978, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ermalinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ermalinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ermalinda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ermalinda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ermalinda 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 331 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.