NameTides

Mathilda

Mathilda was the #4,352 girls' name in the US in 2025 (32 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Mathilda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mathilda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Mathilda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,352 (32)#1,454 (21)——#2,730 (7)
2024#4,560 (30)#1,491 (21)——#2,445 (8)
2023#4,999 (26)#1,255 (26)——#1,774 (12)
2022#4,041 (36)#1,282 (25)——#1,635 (13)
2021#3,390 (46)#1,259 (26)——#1,454 (16)
2020#4,263 (32)#1,238 (26)——#2,591 (7)
2019#3,851 (38)#1,189 (28)——#2,610 (7)
2018#3,677 (41)#1,111 (31)——#2,151 (9)
2017#4,304 (33)#814 (47)——#2,609 (7)
2016#3,923 (38)#938 (39)——#1,600 (14)
2015#3,177 (52)#745 (52)#566 (5)—#2,179 (9)
2014#4,103 (36)#794 (49)——#2,905 (6)
2013#4,336 (33)#854 (44)——#1,686 (13)
2012#3,782 (41)#844 (45)#665 (4)—#3,334 (5)
2011#4,244 (34)#714 (54)#810 (3)#695 (5)#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #170.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 50,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mathilda is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 62,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 43,000 to 1 in 89,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mathilda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mathilda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MathildaCanadaGirls#2,7307
MathildaEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
MathildaIrelandGirls—too few
MathildaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MathildaScotlandGirls—too few
MathildaUSGirls#4,35232