# Imelda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/imelda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,476 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,476 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 190, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Romance (Italian Imelda, Spanish Imelda), from German Irmhild.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 5,813 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,422 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,064 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,534 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,560 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,193 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,431 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,879 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,587 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,648 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,832 |
| 2022 | 33 | 4,317 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,400 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,667 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,295 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Imelda

- Imelda Staunton, British actress (born 1956)
- Imelda Wiguna, badminton player
- Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Filipina artist
- Imee Marcos, Filipina politician and former actress (born 1955)
- Mel Read, British politician (born 1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.