Gilda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JIL-dah
- Origin
- Germanic
Gilda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “sacrifice, value”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gilda mean?
Germanic: from the element gild
“sacrifice, value”
Gilda is the heroine of Verdi's opera Rigoletto and the title role Rita Hayworth played in the 1946 film Gilda.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Gilda a girl's or a boy's name?
Gilda is a girls' name.
How popular is Gilda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 346 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the girls named Gilda in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gilda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,518 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,336 |
| 1966 | 74 | #1,251 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 92 | #1,145 |
| 1963 | 110 | #1,016 |
| 1962 | 113 | #1,008 |
| 1961 | 123 | #972 |
| 1960 | 138 | #892 |
| 1959 | 139 | #878 |
| 1958 | 144 | #849 |
| 1957 | 172 | #759 |
| 1956 | 179 | #719 |
| 1955 | 194 | #671 |
| 1954 | 249 | #562 |
| 1953 | 242 | #560 |
| 1952 | 263 | #522 |
| 1951 | 265 | #505 |
| 1950 | 232 | #540 |
| 1949 | 244 | #527 |
| 1948 | 281 | #477 |
| 1947 | 346 | #441 |
| 1946 | 305 | #442 |
| 1945 | 68 | #914 |
| 1944 | 61 | #993 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,304 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,055 |
| 1941 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1940 | 71 | #849 |
| 1939 | 75 | #790 |
| 1938 | 72 | #830 |
| 1937 | 81 | #752 |
| 1936 | 74 | #785 |
| 1935 | 112 | #614 |
| 1934 | 110 | #635 |
| 1933 | 123 | #578 |
| 1932 | 188 | #482 |
| 1931 | 179 | #477 |
| 1930 | 210 | #463 |
| 1929 | 257 | #414 |
| 1928 | 291 | #393 |
| 1927 | 321 | #381 |
| 1926 | 293 | #401 |
| 1925 | 200 | #496 |
| 1924 | 202 | #488 |
| 1923 | 148 | #595 |
| 1922 | 164 | #556 |
| 1921 | 154 | #582 |
| 1920 | 130 | #628 |
| 1919 | 125 | #626 |
| 1918 | 115 | #661 |
| 1917 | 135 | #586 |
| 1916 | 123 | #606 |
| 1915 | 101 | #658 |
| 1914 | 96 | #577 |
| 1913 | 78 | #577 |
| 1912 | 50 | #709 |
| 1911 | 42 | #667 |
| 1910 | 34 | #723 |
| 1909 | 23 | #845 |
| 1908 | 26 | #755 |
| 1907 | 17 | #923 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
Names like Gilda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Linda Billie Ramona Martha Loretta Rita Gloria Willa Vera Paula Ida Alice
Names related to Gilda
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gilda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gilda, updated 20 October 2026.