first name
GILDA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,356 people named Gilda, 40.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 36.2% as White and 13.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gilda peaked in 1947, when 346 babies got the name.
At least 10,078 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Gilda by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #859. The largest share of babies named Gilda, 38%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gilda is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gilda has been most common in Rhode Island (6.1×), Louisiana (3.6×), and New York (3.5×), and least common in South Carolina (0.31×).
7,331 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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