Matilda — #410 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Matilda

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,428 babies named Matilda between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matilda currently holds the #410 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 769 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matilda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5,293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Matilda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,814 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Matilda in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matilda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36,428 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.