Girl
Matilda
Matilda is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1910s.
GermanicGermanic "maht" (might) + "hild" (battle)
EtymologyMeaning "battle-mighty"
Births by decade
1900s
2,892
1910s
5,293
1920s
5,021
1930s
2,033
1940s
1,283
1950s
1,178
1960s
983
1970s
620
1980s
359
1990s
486
2000s
1,710
2010s
3,892
Peaked in the 1910s · 25,750 total U.S. births since 1900