Baby name

Gilda

Girl

Classic name

The high point came in 1947, with 346 births and the No. 441 spot that year. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 118 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

10,078births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 441rank at its peak, in 1947

Where babies named Gilda are born

1947

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The darker the blue, the more common Gilda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gilda is most common in Louisiana (3.3 times), New York (3.3) and Massachusetts (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Hilda 81,022
Wilda 12,759
Golda 6,430
Giada 4,720
Nilda 3,244
Tilda 2,040

Names from the same era

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