Gilda

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556

Peak · girls
1927 · 321 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,078
since 1898

Gilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gilda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #381, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#9,55610
2023#10,3129
2022#10,3839
2021—
2020#8,40612
2019#11,3568
2018—
2017#12,7137
2016#10,8599
2015#10,8669
2014—
2013#9,61211
2012#12,1998
2011—
2010#10,45110
2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006#13,6067
2005#7,50015
2004#9,26411
2003#15,7845
2002#8,28012
2001#7,31714
2000#6,20817
1999#5,21920
1998#4,95521
1997#3,89728
1996#2,10665
1995#4,34823
1994#7,60411
1993#4,99819
1992#5,71816
1991#3,72228
1990#3,43631
1989#5,83614
1988#3,89323
1987#3,85722
1986#3,55424
1985#3,41925
1984#2,91530
1983#2,85330
1982#2,95930
1981#3,25326
1980#2,34241
1979#2,93129
1978#2,09245
1977#2,60632
1976#2,29236
1975#1,75653
1974#2,06640
1973#1,80547
1972#1,62755
1971#1,58660
1970#1,51865
1969#1,57257
1968#1,55954
1967#1,33667
1966#1,25174
1965#1,15685
1964#1,14592
1963#1,016110
1962#1,008113
1961#972123
1960#892138
1959#879139
1958#850144
1957#760172
1956#720179
1955#672194
1954#563249
1953#561242
1952#523263
1951#506265
1950#541232
1949#528244
1948#478281
1947#441346
1946#442305
1945#91468
1944#99361
1943#1,30539
1942#1,05555
1941#1,03050
1940#84971
1939#79075
1938#83072
1937#75281
1936#78574
1935#614112
1934#635110
1933#578123
1932#482188
1931#477179
1930#463210
1929#414257
1928#393291
1927#381321
1926#401293
1925#496200
1924#488202
1923#595148
1922#556164
1921#582154
1920#628130
1919#626125
1918#661115
1917#586135
1916#606123
1915#658101
1914#57796
1913#57778
1912#70950
1911#66742
1910#72334
1909#84523
1908#75526
1907#92317
1906#1,5537
1905—
1904#1,3648
1903#1,5926
1902#1,4387
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1898#1,5026
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First appearance
1898

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.

Where Gilda is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #728 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,495 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #588 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,457 girlsMINew York: #429 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 5,290 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedINOhio: #572 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,643 girlsOHPennsylvania: #555 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,225 girlsPANew Jersey: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,170 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #438 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,541 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMOKentucky: #408 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,793 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #346 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,497 girlsVAMaryland: #345 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,801 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedARTennessee: #463 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,116 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #427 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,827 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,330 girlsOKLouisiana: #275 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedMSAlabama: #488 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,136 girlsALGeorgia: #398 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,185 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gilda, so not publishedHITexas: #513 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,785 girlsTXFlorida: #398 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,536 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#275 · 1 in 1,619
  2. Maryland#345 · 1 in 3,801
  3. Virginia#346 · 1 in 3,497
  4. Florida#398 · 1 in 3,536
  5. Georgia#398 · 1 in 4,185

Best ever in a state: #101 in Rhode Island, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#275211 in 1,619
Maryland#34561 in 3,801
Virginia#346101 in 3,497
Florida#39881 in 3,536
Georgia#398101 in 4,185
Kentucky#40871 in 4,793
North Carolina#427101 in 4,827
New York#429271 in 5,290
Oklahoma#43051 in 4,330
California#438251 in 4,541
New Jersey#45261 in 7,170
Tennessee#46361 in 6,116
Alabama#48861 in 6,136
Texas#513201 in 4,785
Pennsylvania#555101 in 10,225
Ohio#57281 in 10,643
Michigan#58871 in 10,457
Illinois#72861 in 14,495
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gilda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1927 at #381 (321 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1907–1940
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,715
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.4% of all girls named Gilda (2,160) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,502 (1898)#1,502
1900s94#755 (1908)#1,210
1910s899#577 (1914)#639
1920s2,160#381 (1927)#493
1930s1,224#463 (1930)#641
1940s1,520#441 (1947)#804
1950s2,079#506 (1951)#658
1960s913#892 (1960)#1,191
1970s462#1,518 (1970)#2,028
1980s265#2,342 (1980)#3,488
1990s262#2,106 (1996)#4,600
2000s92#6,208 (2000)#11,194
2010s62#9,612 (2013)#11,151
2020s40#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 1950

girls
#541
232 births · 1 in 7,384 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #541Gilda232
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 7,384 of them was named Gilda, which outranked 91.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gilda
  1. #538Gayla237
  2. #539Jacque236
  3. #540Sherrill233
  4. #541Gilda232
  5. #542Dorthy231
  6. #543Alexis230
  7. #543Consuelo230
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950 →