Almeda
Feminine · “poplar grove”
Almeda is a Spanish word for a tree-lined walk — alameda, a poplar grove — and it is also read as a Latin name meaning ambitious. American records use both.
How old is the name Almeda?
Almeda was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Almeda alive today was born around 1921, making them about 104 years old. About 800 people named Almeda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Almeda most popular?
Almeda peaked in 1883, reaching #343 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
Where it comes from
From alameda to Almeda
The story of Almeda
Almeda appears in American records from the 1840s, well before Spanish place names became a general source, which argues for the Latin route for early bearers. It ran alongside Alma, Almira and Almira through the nineteenth century, and peaked around 1885 before fading almost entirely.
Meaningscholars disagree
poplar grove; ambitious
Two routes. The Spanish alameda, 'poplar grove' or 'tree-lined promenade', from álamo, 'poplar'. Or a Latin reading through almus, 'nourishing' or 'kind', which also gives Alma. Some sources add a third from the Arabic al-mayda. None is settled for the American name.
How the name formed
- alameda
- Almeda
Related forms: Alameda · Almeta · Alma
Pronouncing Almeda
al-MEE-duh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some bearers say al-MAY-duh.
Nicknames for Almeda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1921135 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #343reached in 1883
- Change vs 1990
- +20.0%6 in 1998, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Almeda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alameda in Spanish — related form
- Almeta in English — spelling variant
- Alma in English — related form
Almedas among us
people named Almeda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Almeda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The poplar-grove reading is concrete and unusually pleasant.
- Two genuine traditions can claim it.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries well.
- The origin is genuinely split between Spanish and Latin routes.
- The middle vowel splits between two readings.
- It is strongly period-coded to the nineteenth century.
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- How many Almedas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Almeda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Almeda in 2025?
- Almeda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Almeda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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