Gilda
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 321 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,078since 1898
Gilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Gilda has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 |
| 1971 | #1,586 | 60 |
| 1970 | #1,518 | 65 |
| 1969 | #1,572 | 57 |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 |
| 1967 | #1,336 | 67 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 |
| 1964 | #1,145 | 92 |
| 1963 | #1,016 | 110 |
| 1962 | #1,008 | 113 |
| 1961 | #972 | 123 |
| 1960 | #892 | 138 |
| 1959 | #879 | 139 |
| 1958 | #850 | 144 |
| 1957 | #760 | 172 |
| 1956 | #720 | 179 |
| 1955 | #672 | 194 |
| 1954 | #563 | 249 |
| 1953 | #561 | 242 |
| 1952 | #523 | 263 |
| 1951 | #506 | 265 |
| 1950 | #541 | 232 |
| 1949 | #528 | 244 |
| 1948 | #478 | 281 |
| 1947 | #441 | 346 |
| 1946 | #442 | 305 |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1940 | #849 | 71 |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 |
| 1937 | #752 | 81 |
| 1936 | #785 | 74 |
| 1935 | #614 | 112 |
| 1934 | #635 | 110 |
| 1933 | #578 | 123 |
| 1932 | #482 | 188 |
| 1931 | #477 | 179 |
| 1930 | #463 | 210 |
| 1929 | #414 | 257 |
| 1928 | #393 | 291 |
| 1927 | #381 | 321 |
| 1926 | #401 | 293 |
| 1925 | #496 | 200 |
| 1924 | #488 | 202 |
| 1923 | #595 | 148 |
| 1922 | #556 | 164 |
| 1921 | #582 | 154 |
| 1920 | #628 | 130 |
| 1919 | #626 | 125 |
| 1918 | #661 | 115 |
| 1917 | #586 | 135 |
| 1916 | #606 | 123 |
| 1915 | #658 | 101 |
| 1914 | #577 | 96 |
| 1913 | #577 | 78 |
| 1912 | #709 | 50 |
| 1911 | #667 | 42 |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Gilda! It came in at #1,502, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gilda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 630 spots in 1907 (#1,553 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1941 (#849 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1927 at #381 (321 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1907–1940
- Highest: 1 in 3,715 girls born in 1927 were named Gilda (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,019 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all girls named Gilda (2,160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,502 (1898) | #1,502 |
| 1900s | 94 | #755 (1908) | #1,210 |
| 1910s | 899 | #577 (1914) | #639 |
| 1920s | 2,160 | #381 (1927) | #493 |
| 1930s | 1,224 | #463 (1930) | #641 |
| 1940s | 1,520 | #441 (1947) | #804 |
| 1950s | 2,079 | #506 (1951) | #658 |
| 1960s | 913 | #892 (1960) | #1,191 |
| 1970s | 462 | #1,518 (1970) | #2,028 |
| 1980s | 265 | #2,342 (1980) | #3,488 |
| 1990s | 262 | #2,106 (1996) | #4,600 |
| 2000s | 92 | #6,208 (2000) | #11,194 |
| 2010s | 62 | #9,612 (2013) | #11,151 |
| 2020s | 40 | #8,406 (2020) | #9,664 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gilda in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
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1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 5,124 of them was named Gilda, which outranked 92.8% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.