# Gilda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gilda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,078 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,078 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | 7,639 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,084 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,169 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,268 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,695 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,620 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,815 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,216 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,173 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,195 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,730 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,581 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,659 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,610 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,802 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Gilda

- Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (1946–1989)
- Gilda Gray, dancer, singer and actress (1901–1959)
- Gilda Langer, Austrian actress (1896–1920)
- Gilda de Abreu, Actress, director, singer, and writer (1904–1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.