Matilde
Matilde was given to 27 girls in 2025, #4,947 among girls’ names; 3,438 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,070 Americans named Matilde and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 39 years old and half are between 16 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Matilde by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Matilde mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Matilde is “a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda” Its etymology gives the senses “might” (meht) and “battle” (hilta).
From Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).
/maˈtil.de/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Matilde?
#4,947 among girls’ names, 2025
Matilde fell from #4,817 in 2015 to #4,947 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 16.2 to 16.8 per million.
74 babies in 1927, the peak
Matilde peaked in 1927, when 74 babies were given it (65 girls, #931 among girls’ names). The 27 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,947 | 16.8 |
| 2024 | 37 | #4,013 | 22.8 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,312 | 30.5 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,634 | 26.2 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,982 | 22.5 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,960 | 16.1 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,410 | 19.1 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,304 | 19.4 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,817 | 23.2 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,801 | 16.4 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 29 | #4,817 | 16.2 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,135 | 11.8 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,389 | 18.8 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,923 | 16.5 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,153 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,818 | 16.9 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,767 | 16.9 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,243 | 19.6 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,471 | 13.5 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,124 | 18.9 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,085 | 18.9 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,567 | 16.3 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,345 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,041 | 10.6 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,736 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,614 | 11.0 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,570 | 10.7 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,506 | 10.8 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,612 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,960 | 9.1 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,151 | 8.5 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,421 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,116 | 10.5 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,549 | 16.8 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,288 | 12.8 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,071 | 13.2 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,457 | 8.7 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,133 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,215 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,110 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,776 | 9.3 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,483 | 14.3 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,300 | 15.0 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,741 | 20.1 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,693 | 13.2 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,045 | 17.5 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,830 | 19.3 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,183 | 11.1 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,883 | 18.3 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,419 | 23.2 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,719 | 19.2 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,591 | 19.8 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,543 | 19.9 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,432 | 19.7 |
| 1971 | 38 | #2,156 | 22.8 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,428 | 17.7 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,557 | 16.0 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,465 | 15.8 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,031 | 10.9 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,080 | 18.9 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,051 | 18.7 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,639 | 12.1 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,524 | 12.5 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,710 | 6.6 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,416 | 7.4 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,167 | 7.9 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,725 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,554 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,325 | 11.7 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,790 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,202 | 12.8 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,416 | 10.8 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,218 | 6.9 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,243 | 11.9 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,053 | 7.2 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,994 | 7.6 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,830 | 16.4 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,054 | 13.5 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,721 | 8.5 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,367 | 10.8 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,208 | 12.2 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,846 | 16.6 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,208 | 12.2 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,172 | 12.6 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,934 | 15.7 |
| 1940 | 17 | #2,013 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,932 | 16.4 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,738 | 19.0 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,764 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,366 | 27.9 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,757 | 19.1 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,215 | 33.5 |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,070 | 42.7 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,108 | 39.4 |
| 1931 | 49 | #1,007 | 46.0 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,009 | 48.0 |
| 1929 | 48 | #1,059 | 43.0 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,327 | 29.5 |
| 1927 | 65 | #931 | 54.5 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,256 | 32.9 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,313 | 30.4 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,162 | 36.8 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,378 | 28.2 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,420 | 27.5 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,252 | 31.6 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,182 | 35.0 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,635 | 22.1 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,936 | 17.3 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,067 | 15.7 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,395 | 26.8 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,388 | 27.4 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,586 | 23.6 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,711 | 11.2 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,794 | 19.7 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,616 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,251 | 35.3 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,039 | 46.1 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,329 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,191 | 37.7 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,083 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,385 | 30.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,069 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 15 | #919 | 57.3 |
| 1902 | 15 | #926 | 56.8 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,602 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,861 | 20.0 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,157 | 38.6 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,630 | 23.2 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,094 | 42.0 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,310 | 31.4 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,397 | 28.3 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,168 | 37.7 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,163 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,411 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,237 | 33.6 |
| 1886 | 7 | #961 | 48.4 |
| 1883 | 10 | #639 | 89.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Matilde a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,438 Americans recorded as Matilde, 94% are girls and 6% boys. In 2025 it went to 27 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Matilde: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Matilde, and how old are they?
2,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 3,438 Americans ever recorded as Matilde. The median Matilde alive today is 39 years old; half are between 16 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 9,811 people named Matilde (9,392 women and girls, 419 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,039 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.8 times 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 | 134 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 321 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 444 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 313 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 420 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 433 |
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 Matilde born?
The states with the most babies named Matilde are Texas, California and New York, with 96% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,241 | not ranked | 5.2× |
| California | 416 | #3,371 | 1.5× |
| New York | 119 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Mexico | 50 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Florida | 12 | #2,374 | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Matilde is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Matilde is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.2 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 Matilde 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 40,874 babies since 1880, Matilde is the second most given (8.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 27 of their 865 babies (3.1%), again the second 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 Matilde
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 Matilde and names like it
- Compare Matilde and MatildaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMatilde peaked in 1927.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Matilde since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Matilde: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Matilde.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Matilde alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.