Girl
Thelma
Thelma is a girl's name meaning "Willpower", drawing on Greek roots. It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. Since 1900, roughly 223,902 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
GreekWillpower
GreekCoined by novelist Marie Corelli
Births by decade
1900s
18,344
1910s
57,283
1920s
69,104
1930s
36,524
1940s
20,334
1950s
11,804
1960s
5,926
1970s
2,158
1980s
1,170
1990s
687
2000s
378
2010s
190
Peaked in the 1920s · 223,902 total U.S. births since 1900