How Many People Are Named Mathilda?
people named Mathilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 250,943 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,527 babies named Mathilda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MATILDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mathilda in English. Counting Mathilda and these spellings together, about 17,151 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mathilda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mathilda alive today is about 34 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mathilda first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 180 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mathilda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #168, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #4,422.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,422 |
| Best rank | #168 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #491 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mathilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mathilda were born in California than in any other state: about 109 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mathilda was given 6.8 times as often in North Dakota, 6.4 times in Louisiana and 3.7 times in Minnesota.
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