Meaning and history
Golda is a Yiddish feminine name meaning “gold.” It belongs to a longstanding Ashkenazi Jewish tradition of names drawn from precious materials, colours, animals, and admired qualities. Golde is a related Yiddish form. The best-known bearer is Golda Meir, the Kyiv-born Israeli stateswoman who served as prime minister of Israel. Another notable bearer is Guyanese-British actor Golda Rosheuvel. The name’s literal meaning is established and does not require elaborate symbolic additions.
20062006: 32 births, rank #4,463
2007: 26 births, rank #5,377
2008: 27 births, rank #5,279
2009: 29 births, rank #4,931
2010: 37 births, rank #4,023
20112011: 35 births, rank #4,151
2012: 30 births, rank #4,707
2013: 29 births, rank #4,755
2014: 34 births, rank #4,269
2015: 45 births, rank #3,478
20162016: 40 births, rank #3,777
2017: 40 births, rank #3,769
2018: 33 births, rank #4,237
2019: 53 births, rank #3,043
2020: 47 births, rank #3,281
20212021: 62 births, rank #2,751
2022: 58 births, rank #2,894
2023: 64 births, rank #2,704
2024: 65 births, rank #2,661
20252025: 65 births, rank #2,645
Golda moved from #869 to #903 for girls between 1935 and 1936. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 158 births.