Quick answers about Emelda
How many people are named Emelda?
An estimated 492 living Americans are named Emelda.
How rare is Emelda?
Emelda fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Emelda?
The median age of a living American named Emelda is approximately 62 years, with most bearers falling between 50 and 72 years old.
Is Emelda still popular?
Not especially. Emelda has been declining since its 1926 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Emelda most common?
Emelda has its strongest geographic signal in Louisiana, where it appears 39.8× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Emelda is most concentrated in Louisiana — about 32.8× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Emelda is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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