NameTides

Matilda

Matilda was the #364 girls' name in the US in 2025 (838 babies), and #19 in England & Wales and #272 in Canada.

Matilda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Matilda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Matilda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#364 (838)#19 (1,449)#93 (47)#111 (19)#106 (44)#272 (115)#16 (239)#9 (247)
2024#410 (773)#31 (1,220)#148 (29)#110 (18)#110 (43)#295 (103)#16 (234)#7 (279)
2023#438 (708)#30 (1,212)#102 (43)#102 (20)#122 (39)#310 (98)#10 (261)#7 (256)
2022#417 (758)#29 (1,363)#87 (49)#93 (23)#128 (41)#283 (105)#8 (318)#6 (296)
2021#465 (673)#28 (1,437)#121 (36)#108 (21)#104 (53)#350 (93)#9 (326)#8 (284)
2020#478 (640)#29 (1,401)#100 (42)#95 (22)#132 (38)#351 (90)#17 (270)#7 (289)
2019#448 (696)#30 (1,563)#85 (52)#144 (14)#127 (44)#391 (83)#16 (270)#11 (278)
2018#489 (643)#31 (1,618)#77 (57)#114 (21)#120 (46)#419 (77)#21 (251)#10 (250)
2017#521 (599)#27 (1,736)#78 (58)#91 (24)#106 (56)#350 (94)#25 (238)#17 (223)
2016#496 (631)#25 (1,915)#94 (50)#123 (18)#97 (58)#368 (95)#21 (281)#17 (221)
2015#534 (583)#27 (1,774)#91 (55)#136 (17)#146 (40)#430 (77)#20 (281)#12 (235)
2014#581 (523)#36 (1,440)#100 (47)#171 (12)#142 (41)#444 (74)#22 (267)#15 (238)
2013#647 (437)#36 (1,446)#127 (37)#132 (16)#134 (46)#484 (64)#18 (297)#14 (246)
2012#657 (433)#47 (1,284)#167 (28)#163 (12)#142 (40)#512 (59)#18 (271)#16 (248)
2011#770 (353)#48 (1,225)#152 (30)#147 (15)#194 (30)#541 (55)#18 (259)#16 (220)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #100.
  • Rising 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 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 380common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 480common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Matilda is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Matilda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #196WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #294ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: #207MAOregon: #181ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #226INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #310PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #491CAUtah: #275UTColorado: #389CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #256MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #296TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #546TXFlorida: #531FL
Matilda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22753
Quebec2025#7745

Matilda (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MatildaCanadaGirls#272115
MatildaEngland & WalesGirls#191,449
MatildaIrelandGirls#10644
MatildaNorthern IrelandGirls#11119
MatildaNSWGirls#16239
MatildaScotlandGirls#9347
MatildaUSGirls#364838
MatildaUSBoys—too few
MatildaVICGirls#9247