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Matilde

#4,947 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly might

Matilde has been given to 3,438 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #4,947 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1927, with 65 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Matilde, 2025

1 in 123,000

Matilde over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Matilde over time

In 2025, Matilde went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Matilde: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly might

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Matilde means

Matilde may mean “might”, associated with meht.

Origin, language, and formation

Matilde is used in Danish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Matilda.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Matilde is pronounced /maˈtil.de/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,220 girls were recorded with the name Matilde between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 65 in 1927; its best national rank was #639 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,960 in 2020 to #4,947 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,817 in 2015 to #4,947 in 2025.

In the United States, 218 boys were recorded with the name Matilde between 1923 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1936; its best national rank was #2,029 in 1936.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Matilde?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 59,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,947
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Matilde sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Matilde. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Matildes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Matilde was born before 1965 — so the typical Matilde is around 60 today.

Median birth year
1965
About 60 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
24.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,922
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 13.0% of all recorded uses (417).

Is Matilde rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−934
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+13
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−130
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.5%
Peak was 1927 (65)
Years since peak
98
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#639
1883

Spellings of Matilde

Matilde is not the most common spelling — Matilda is, with 58.6% against Matilde's 5.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Matilde is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Matilde was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 29,791 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 11,111
  2. 2New Mexico1 in 16,667
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4Arizona1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Colorado1 in —
  7. 7Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Matilde has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Matilde is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Matilde was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 89,618 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Matilde has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Matilde around the world

Where Matilde ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,166
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2013–2025
    #718
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #933
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #111
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Matilde

People whose public names include Matilde, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Matilde in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Matilde. Linked forms have their own page here.

MatildaMatyldaMathildaMathildeMavildeMechthildMechtildeMechtylda

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Matilde by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,947
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 13
Best rank ever
#639
1883
Peak year
1927
65 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,220
Count in 2025
27

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,029
1936
Peak year
1936
13 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
1976
All-time count
218
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Matilde

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MathildeMatthewMattisonMatilynMatteaMathildaMatayaMattilynMatildaMatisseMateaMatinaMattyMattiMatisonMatalynMattisynMatiaMattyeMattilynnMatashaMatishaIsoldeMatylda

Names with a curve like Matilde

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Matilde, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RafaelaMarcelinaAugustinaLorenzaCleopatraVeniceCandelariaDomenicaEloisaZenobiaLeonorEna

Sibling names for Matilde

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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