Ismelda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ismelda

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Ismelda between 1960 and 2008, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ismelda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ismelda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ismelda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ismelda 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 101 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.