Matilda
Rank in 2025
#364
recorded as girls
Up 46 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
838
girls 838
Peak year
1880
210 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
37,280
since 1880
Born a Matilda? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Matilda was most popular in 1880, when 210 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 838 babies were named Matilda, ranking #364 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 21%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 838 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 773 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 708 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 758 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 673 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 640 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 696 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 643 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 599 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 631 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 583 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 523 | 581 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 437 | 647 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 433 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 353 | 770 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 343 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 375 | 760 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 344 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 201 | 1233 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 180 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 124 | 1624 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 94 | 1972 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 105 | 1786 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 111 | 1654 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 100 | 1777 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 78 | 2089 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 74 | 2073 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 92 | 1721 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 82 | 1816 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 47 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 43 | 2788 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 36 | 3168 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 26 | 3987 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 29 | 3680 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 29 | 3633 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 28 | 3714 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 27 | 3673 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 36 | 2867 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 35 | 2780 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 25 | 3459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 34 | 2749 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 33 | 2730 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 36 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 53 | 1965 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 42 | 2342 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 38 | 2486 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 56 | 1874 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 37 | 2390 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 57 | 1774 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 54 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 66 | 1527 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 68 | 1464 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 63 | 1496 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 64 | 1488 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 75 | 1405 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 80 | 1320 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 77 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 76 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 68 | 1324 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 87 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 94 | 1079 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 127 | 932 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 126 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 101 | 1074 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 108 | 1057 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 119 | 980 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 122 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 108 | 1000 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 95 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 113 | 948 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 121 | 883 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 113 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 116 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 122 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 129 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 140 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 138 | 722 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 135 | 728 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 133 | 741 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 129 | 711 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 85 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 121 | 677 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 127 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 131 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 130 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 155 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 128 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 152 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 168 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 196 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 194 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 201 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 200 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 251 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 239 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 304 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 342 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 396 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 419 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 417 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 474 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 531 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 570 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 626 | 259 | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | 606 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 635 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 645 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 690 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 685 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 665 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 682 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 494 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 432 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 398 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 321 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 281 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 280 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 284 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 322 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 295 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 268 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 285 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 245 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 290 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 275 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 348 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 312 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 349 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 326 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 339 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 339 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 295 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 328 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 332 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 336 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 293 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 320 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 328 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 266 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 309 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 260 | 107 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 244 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 167 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 242 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 187 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 210 | 100 | <5 | — |
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Where Matilda is most popular
- Oregon2.5×
- Minnesota2.0×
- Nebraska1.9×
- Washington1.7×
- Utah1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years