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Imelda

Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild.

PronunciationItalian /i.ˈmɛl.da/; Spanish /i.ˈmel.da/
Usage languagesItalian, Spanish
US rank (2025)#4,265

Meaning and history

Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild, borne by the Blessed Imelda Lambertini, a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 58 births, rank #2,940
2007: 49 births, rank #3,376
2008: 41 births, rank #3,859
2009: 35 births, rank #4,269
2010: 25 births, rank #5,414
20112011: 23 births, rank #5,728
2012: 33 births, rank #4,387
2013: 27 births, rank #5,013
2014: 24 births, rank #5,456
2015: 19 births, rank #6,452
20162016: 35 births, rank #4,157
2017: 32 births, rank #4,384
2018: 38 births, rank #3,853
2019: 30 births, rank #4,546
2020: 41 births, rank #3,607
20212021: 39 births, rank #3,801
2022: 33 births, rank #4,295
2023: 32 births, rank #4,363
2024: 42 births, rank #3,639
20252025: 33 births, rank #4,265

Imelda rose from #988 to #947 for girls between 1977 and 1978. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 149.