How Many People Are Named Matilda?
people named Matilda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,647 people in the US has this name
Based on 37,280 babies named Matilda in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
838 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle". Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Matilda in English. Counting Matilda and these spellings together, about 17,151 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Matilda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Matilda alive today is about 24 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Matilda first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 838 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Matilda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #101, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #365.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #365 |
| Best rank | #101 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #239 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Matilda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Matilda were born in California than in any other state: about 1,553 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Matilda was given 1.9 times as often in New Mexico, 1.8 times in Hawaii and 1.7 times in Pennsylvania.
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