Almeda
Almeda is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 343rd, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1921135 births
- Best rank
- #343in 1883
- Since 1880
- 4,402people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,402 girls have been named Almeda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 135 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 135 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Almeda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 242 | |
| 1890s | 311 | |
| 1900s | 386 | |
| 1910s | 987 | |
| 1920s | 1,051 | |
| 1930s | 608 | |
| 1940s | 352 | |
| 1950s | 219 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 53 | |
| 1980s | 49 | |
| 1990s | 18 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Almeda was the 636th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Almeda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Corneliapeak 1921
- Alvenapeak 1920
- Althapeak 1917
- Elmirapeak 1921
- Florapeak 1920
- Anniepeak 1922
- Luellapeak 1918
- Annerpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.