Mathilda
Mathilda was given to 32 girls in 2025, #4,422 among girls’ names; 7,527 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,340 Americans named Mathilda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (18% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 10 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mathilda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mathilda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mathilda is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Matilda.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mathilda?
#4,422 among girls’ names, 2025
Mathilda fell from #3,200 in 2015 to #4,422 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 29.1 to 19.9 per million.
180 babies in 1918, the peak
Mathilda peaked in 1918, when 180 girls were given it, #512 among girls’ names. The 32 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,422 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,627 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 26 | #5,078 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,083 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,421 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,327 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,888 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,716 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,344 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,976 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 52 | #3,200 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,157 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,388 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,833 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,323 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,367 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,926 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,487 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,997 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,517 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,237 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,127 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,185 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,601 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,735 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,379 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,535 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,883 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,615 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,923 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,354 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,091 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,780 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,769 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,766 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,710 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,383 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,073 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,254 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,002 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,218 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,040 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,873 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,384 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,958 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,146 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,674 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,273 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,872 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,873 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,460 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,954 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,753 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,931 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,360 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,370 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,182 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,996 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,268 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,180 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,170 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,566 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,052 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,163 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,113 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,463 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,506 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,158 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,968 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,257 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,573 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,413 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,177 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 57 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 79 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 88 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 100 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 113 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 140 | #624 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 140 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 147 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 146 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 142 | #590 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 180 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 164 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 170 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 146 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 142 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 101 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 120 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 97 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 95 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1909 | 84 | #398 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 85 | #394 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 90 | #371 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 102 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1905 | 84 | #372 | 0.29 |
| 1904 | 101 | #325 | 0.37 |
| 1903 | 88 | #333 | 0.34 |
| 1902 | 104 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1901 | 109 | #287 | 0.46 |
| 1900 | 113 | #314 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 127 | #249 | 0.55 |
| 1898 | 130 | #266 | 0.50 |
| 1897 | 108 | #274 | 0.46 |
| 1896 | 121 | #260 | 0.51 |
| 1895 | 127 | #246 | 0.54 |
| 1894 | 136 | #229 | 0.61 |
| 1893 | 148 | #210 | 0.70 |
| 1892 | 150 | #207 | 0.71 |
| 1891 | 138 | #197 | 0.74 |
| 1890 | 138 | #201 | 0.72 |
| 1889 | 168 | #175 | 0.94 |
| 1888 | 133 | #195 | 0.74 |
| 1887 | 138 | #171 | 0.95 |
| 1886 | 120 | #184 | 0.83 |
| 1885 | 102 | #186 | 0.77 |
| 1884 | 95 | #185 | 0.74 |
| 1883 | 100 | #168 | 0.89 |
| 1882 | 68 | #202 | 0.63 |
| 1881 | 69 | #180 | 0.75 |
| 1880 | 72 | #177 | 0.79 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mathilda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mathilda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mathilda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mathilda, and how old are they?
1,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 18% of the 7,527 Americans ever recorded as Mathilda. The median Mathilda alive today is 20 years old; half are between 10 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 1,526 people named Mathilda (1,524 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,345 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 192 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 112 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 47 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 361 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 470 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mathilda born?
The states with the most babies named Mathilda are Pennsylvania, New York and Louisiana, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 415 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 333 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 283 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Illinois | 175 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 158 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Wisconsin | 122 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 110 | #2,988 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 91 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Dakota | 89 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| New Jersey | 86 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Mathilda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mathilda is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mathilda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 9,320 babies since 1880, Mathilda is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 32 of their 53 babies (60%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mathilda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mathilda and names like it
- Compare Mathilda and MathildeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMathilda peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mathilda since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Mathilda.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mathilda alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.