Mathilda

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births

Peak · girls
1883 · 100 births
Debut · girls
72 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,527
since 1880

Mathilda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mathilda has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #167, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,35232
2024#4,56030
2023#4,99926
2022#4,04136
2021#3,39046
2020#4,26332
2019#3,85138
2018#3,67741
2017#4,30433
2016#3,92338
2015#3,17752
2014#4,10336
2013#4,33633
2012#3,78241
2011#4,24434
2010#4,30634
2009#3,87040
2008#6,35021
2007#6,81219
2006#6,35620
2005#8,88312
2004#5,96920
2003#5,09224
2002#5,44421
2001#5,57020
2000#6,20817
1999#7,23913
1998#4,79622
1997#10,8367
1996#7,57411
1995#7,04112
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#11,7985
1987
1986
1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537
1983#7,3128
1982
1981
1980
1979#9,0106
1978#6,9488
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975#9,0675
1974#5,01111
1973#7,4356
1972#7,2926
1971#6,0068
1970#4,76111
1969#6,6176
1968#4,48910
1967#4,9828
1966#3,74012
1965#3,73312
1964#3,37915
1963#3,80112
1962#4,5339
1961#3,79312
1960#4,18410
1959#3,25414
1958#3,08515
1957#2,92616
1956#3,18614
1955#3,09514
1954#3,9679
1953#2,51618
1952#3,7969
1951#2,93713
1950#3,05212
1949#2,99912
1948#2,41617
1947#2,44817
1946#3,03411
1945#1,94119
1944#2,19916
1943#1,52730
1942#1,80422
1941#1,75021
1940#1,54925
1939#1,40128
1938#1,41328
1937#1,23434
1936#1,16537
1935#1,03944
1934#1,14838
1933#1,28931
1932#1,03247
1931#1,09242
1930#1,07247
1929#1,06447
1928#98357
1927#82479
1926#76988
1925#736100
1924#698113
1923#623140
1922#622140
1921#595147
1920#595146
1919#587142
1918#510180
1917#520164
1916#494170
1915#518146
1914#459142
1913#506101
1912#429120
1911#40797
1910#40395
1909#39784
1908#39185
1907#37090
1906#331102
1905#37284
1904#323101
1903#33388
1902#309104
1901#285109
1900#310113
1899#249127
1898#264130
1897#273108
1896#258121
1895#244127
1894#228136
1893#209148
1892#207150
1891#194138
1890#201138
1889#175168
1888#194133
1887#170138
1886#184120
1885#185102
1884#18495
1883#167100
1882#20168
1881#18069
1880#17772
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mathilda was already there! It came in at #177, and was given to 72 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mathilda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 208 spots since 2024 (#4,560#4,352)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#4,263#4,352)
  • 1,175 spots since 2015 (#3,177#4,352)
  • Biggest jump: 47 spots in 1914 (#506#459)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1928 (#824#983)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #167 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,058
  • Highest: 1 in 1,058 girls born in 1887 were named Mathilda (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #167 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,123 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Mathilda (1,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,065#167 (1883)#182
1890s1,323#194 (1891)#233
1900s960#285 (1901)#342
1910s1,357#403 (1910)#483
1920s1,057#595 (1921)#751
1930s376#1,032 (1932)#1,189
1940s190#1,527 (1943)#2,167
1950s134#2,516 (1953)#3,181
1960s106#3,379 (1964)#4,325
1970s73#4,761 (1970)#7,238
1980s25#7,312 (1983)#9,485
1990s65#4,796 (1998)#7,497
2000s214#3,870 (2009)#6,055
2010s380#3,177 (2015)#3,970
2020s202#3,390 (2021)#4,268

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mathilda in 1899

girls
#249
127 births · 1 in 1,835 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #249Mathilda127
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 1,835 of them was named Mathilda, which outranked 86.5% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mathilda
  1. #246Audrey129
  2. #246Letha129
  3. #248Johanna128
  4. #249Mathilda127
  5. #249Rhoda127
  6. #251Faye125
  7. #251Jeannette125
  8. #251Lou125

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 972Tula#1,700#728
  2. 865Josefina#1,700#835
  3. 822Lempi#1,700#878
  4. 822Villa#1,700#878
  5. 774Fae#1,502#728
Fallers
  1. 946Rosia#650#1,596
  2. 710Lelar#886#1,596
  3. 676Tinnie#920#1,596
  4. 676Tracy#920#1,596
  5. 633Alena#963#1,596

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899