Meaning not yet researched.
Matilda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 838 in 2025. Its best rank was #101 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #101 in 1880; #365 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Matilda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#365 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #101.
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Matilda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 838 girls in 2025. Peak: #101 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 838 (2025).
In 2025, 838 US girls were named Matilda, making it the 365th most common girls’ name of the year, up 46 places from #411 in 2024. That is 65 more than the 773 girls named Matilda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #101, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 838, in 2025. For comparison, it was #537 in 2015 and #724 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Matilda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 210 babies with the name. In all, 37,280 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 5,293 babies named Matilda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,959 US girls were named Matilda; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 838. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,918 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Matilda ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #178 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mathilda (7,527 babies since 1880), Matilde (3,438 babies since 1880) and Mafalda (1,279 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tilda, Mathilde and Matylda are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Matty, Maud, Tilla and Tilly.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Slovene and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Tilda (2,040), Mathilde (1,793), Matylda (156).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 5 | #178 | — |
| Oregon | 20 | #186 | #409 |
| Washington | 37 | #198 | #403 |
| Massachusetts | 27 | #213 | #351 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #225 | #214 |
| Indiana | 31 | #230 | #526 |
| Montana | 5 | #239 | — |
| Nebraska | 9 | #260 | — |
| Missouri | 24 | #261 | #489 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #263 | — |
| Utah | 16 | #284 | #417 |
| Maryland | 18 | #293 | #519 |
| Illinois | 36 | #301 | #332 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #308 | #570 |
| Michigan | 29 | #311 | #417 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #312 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | #318 | #543 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #323 | #262 |
| New York | 53 | #323 | #437 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #357 | #364 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #360 | — |
| Iowa | 9 | #372 | #671 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #375 | — |
| Ohio | 30 | #383 | #440 |
| Idaho | 6 | #391 | — |
| Kansas | 9 | #394 | #445 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #398 | #551 |
| Colorado | 15 | #402 | #434 |
| Virginia | 20 | #408 | #576 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #432 | #561 |
| Arizona | 16 | #440 | #758 |
| New Jersey | 17 | #460 | #908 |
| Georgia | 24 | #481 | #944 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #483 | #589 |
| California | 68 | #495 | #572 |
| Florida | 34 | #539 | #928 |
| Texas | 58 | #550 | #655 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #593 | #640 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #747 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #905 | #912 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 838 | #365 | — | — |
| 2024 | 773 | #411 | — | — |
| 2023 | 708 | #439 | — | — |
| 2022 | 758 | #417 | — | — |
| 2021 | 673 | #466 | — | — |
| 2020 | 640 | #478 | — | — |
| 2019 | 696 | #448 | — | — |
| 2018 | 643 | #489 | — | — |
| 2017 | 599 | #522 | — | — |
| 2016 | 631 | #496 | — | — |
| 2015 | 583 | #537 | — | — |
| 2014 | 523 | #582 | — | — |
| 2013 | 437 | #648 | — | — |
| 2012 | 433 | #657 | — | — |
| 2011 | 353 | #771 | — | — |
| 2010 | 343 | #799 | — | — |
| 2009 | 375 | #762 | — | — |
| 2008 | 344 | #827 | — | — |
| 2007 | 201 | #1,235 | — | — |
| 2006 | 180 | #1,303 | — | — |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,627 | — | — |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,983 | — | — |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,799 | — | — |
| 2002 | 111 | #1,665 | — | — |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,789 | — | — |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,097 | — | — |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,090 | — | — |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,728 | — | — |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,824 | — | — |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,656 | — | — |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,826 | — | — |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,200 | — | — |
| 1993 | 26 | #4,063 | — | — |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,745 | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,688 | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,780 | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,750 | — | — |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,911 | — | — |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,822 | — | — |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,513 | — | — |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,779 | — | — |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,763 | — | — |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,535 | — | — |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,360 | — | — |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,518 | — | — |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,892 | — | — |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,411 | — | — |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,792 | — | — |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,762 | — | — |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,538 | — | — |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,464 | — | — |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1972 | 64 | #1,498 | — | — |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,414 | — | — |
| 1970 | 80 | #1,325 | — | — |
| 1969 | 77 | #1,285 | — | — |
| 1968 | 76 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1967 | 68 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1966 | 87 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,084 | — | — |
| 1964 | 127 | #939 | — | — |
| 1963 | 126 | #942 | — | — |
| 1962 | 101 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1961 | 108 | #1,059 | — | — |
| 1960 | 119 | #983 | — | — |
| 1959 | 122 | #956 | — | — |
| 1958 | 108 | #1,002 | — | — |
| 1957 | 95 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1956 | 113 | #950 | — | — |
| 1955 | 121 | #888 | — | — |
| 1954 | 113 | #907 | — | — |
| 1953 | 116 | #873 | — | — |
| 1952 | 122 | #829 | — | — |
| 1951 | 129 | #784 | — | — |
| 1950 | 140 | #724 | — | — |
| 1949 | 138 | #723 | — | — |
| 1948 | 135 | #729 | — | — |
| 1947 | 133 | #743 | — | — |
| 1946 | 129 | #711 | — | — |
| 1945 | 85 | #821 | — | — |
| 1944 | 121 | #678 | — | — |
| 1943 | 127 | #675 | — | — |
| 1942 | 131 | #655 | — | — |
| 1941 | 130 | #621 | — | — |
| 1940 | 155 | #555 | — | — |
| 1939 | 128 | #592 | — | — |
| 1938 | 152 | #555 | — | — |
| 1937 | 168 | #508 | — | — |
| 1936 | 196 | #458 | — | — |
| 1935 | 194 | #458 | — | — |
| 1934 | 201 | #457 | — | — |
| 1933 | 200 | #465 | — | — |
| 1932 | 251 | #412 | — | — |
| 1931 | 239 | #416 | — | — |
| 1930 | 304 | #390 | — | — |
| 1929 | 342 | #355 | — | — |
| 1928 | 396 | #337 | — | — |
| 1927 | 419 | #329 | — | — |
| 1926 | 417 | #324 | — | — |
| 1925 | 474 | #304 | — | — |
| 1924 | 531 | #287 | — | — |
| 1923 | 570 | #271 | — | — |
| 1922 | 626 | #259 | 5 | #4,725 |
| 1921 | 606 | #274 | — | — |
| 1920 | 635 | #261 | — | — |
| 1919 | 645 | #253 | — | — |
| 1918 | 690 | #243 | — | — |
| 1917 | 685 | #239 | — | — |
| 1916 | 665 | #240 | — | — |
| 1915 | 682 | #232 | — | — |
| 1914 | 494 | #241 | — | — |
| 1913 | 432 | #230 | — | — |
| 1912 | 398 | #224 | — | — |
| 1911 | 321 | #222 | — | — |
| 1910 | 281 | #227 | — | — |
| 1909 | 280 | #204 | — | — |
| 1908 | 284 | #197 | — | — |
| 1907 | 322 | #173 | — | — |
| 1906 | 295 | #173 | — | — |
| 1905 | 268 | #187 | — | — |
| 1904 | 285 | #172 | — | — |
| 1903 | 245 | #187 | — | — |
| 1902 | 290 | #165 | — | — |
| 1901 | 275 | #167 | — | — |
| 1900 | 348 | #161 | — | — |
| 1899 | 312 | #149 | — | — |
| 1898 | 349 | #144 | — | — |
| 1897 | 326 | #146 | — | — |
| 1896 | 339 | #142 | — | — |
| 1895 | 339 | #135 | — | — |
| 1894 | 295 | #149 | — | — |
| 1893 | 328 | #130 | — | — |
| 1892 | 332 | #130 | — | — |
| 1891 | 336 | #120 | — | — |
| 1890 | 293 | #133 | — | — |
| 1889 | 320 | #119 | — | — |
| 1888 | 328 | #112 | — | — |
| 1887 | 266 | #114 | — | — |
| 1886 | 309 | #104 | — | — |
| 1885 | 260 | #107 | 5 | #1,036 |
| 1884 | 244 | #108 | — | — |
| 1883 | 167 | #125 | — | — |
| 1882 | 242 | #103 | — | — |
| 1881 | 187 | #106 | — | — |
| 1880 | 210 | #101 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).