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Girl's name · #365 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Matilda was #101 in 1880, slipped to #4063 by 1993, and has climbed back to #365 today. Roughly 37,000 girls have been named Matilda since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
See where Matilda is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Matilda is especially popular in Australia (QLD) and Australia (VIC).
#6 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #9 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #16 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #19 in England & Wales (2025) · #21 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #22 in New Zealand (2025) · #25 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #64 in Austria (2025) · #93 in Scotland (2025) · #101 in Switzerland (2025) · #108 in Ireland (2025) · #113 in N. Ireland (2025) and 7 more.
Among 318 notable people named Matilda:
Artists & writers appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Matilda Joslyn Gage, American abolitionist, writer.
About 260 girls a year are given Tilly as their full name, 240 Mattie, and 170 Tillie.
Similar names: Mattie · Hattie · Maxine · Zelda · Nellie · Louisa
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