Matilda
Matilda is ranked 410th among girls in 2024 (769 births). Its best rank was 101st, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #410up 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7690.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 2024769 births
- Best rank
- #101in 1880
- Since 1880
- 36,428people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,428 girls have been named Matilda in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 769 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago (rank 582 → 410).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1910s alone account for 15%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Matilda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,533 | |
| 1890s | 3,249 | |
| 1900s | 2,892 | |
| 1910s | 5,293 | |
| 1920s | 5,016 | |
| 1930s | 2,033 | |
| 1940s | 1,284 | |
| 1950s | 1,179 | |
| 1960s | 983 | |
| 1970s | 621 | |
| 1980s | 359 | |
| 1990s | 486 | |
| 2000s | 1,712 | |
| 2010s | 5,241 | |
| 2020s | 3,547 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Matilda was the 410th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Matilda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adapeak 1918
- Adeliapeak 2017
- Birdiepeak 2023
- Lettiepeak 2024
- Clarapeak 1918
- Addiepeak 1920
- Estellapeak 1921
- Hattiepeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.