Given name

Thilda

Thilda is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Thilda isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Thilda through the years

Babies since 1880
15
0 boys · 15 girls
Most popular year
1894
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Thilda in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1894–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Thilda

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Thilda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Old-fashioned

Hulda

“weasel”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Thekla

“glory of God”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Old High German

Gunda

“a battlemaiden”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Exilda

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Tilla

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Icia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Silla

“a well-behaved, chaste woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Corda

0Not recently recorded

2% boys · 98% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Thilda’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Thilda

A sister for Thilda