Mathilda
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 72 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,527since 1880
Mathilda over time
Rank among girls' names. Mathilda has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,413 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1935 | #1,039 | 44 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1931 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,064 | 47 |
| 1928 | #983 | 57 |
| 1927 | #824 | 79 |
| 1926 | #769 | 88 |
| 1925 | #736 | 100 |
| 1924 | #698 | 113 |
| 1923 | #623 | 140 |
| 1922 | #622 | 140 |
| 1921 | #595 | 147 |
| 1920 | #595 | 146 |
| 1919 | #587 | 142 |
| 1918 | #510 | 180 |
| 1917 | #520 | 164 |
| 1916 | #494 | 170 |
| 1915 | #518 | 146 |
| 1914 | #459 | 142 |
| 1913 | #506 | 101 |
| 1912 | #429 | 120 |
| 1911 | #407 | 97 |
| 1910 | #403 | 95 |
| 1909 | #397 | 84 |
| 1908 | #391 | 85 |
| 1907 | #370 | 90 |
| 1906 | #331 | 102 |
| 1905 | #372 | 84 |
| 1904 | #323 | 101 |
| 1903 | #333 | 88 |
| 1902 | #309 | 104 |
| 1901 | #285 | 109 |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 |
| 1899 | #249 | 127 |
| 1898 | #264 | 130 |
| 1897 | #273 | 108 |
| 1896 | #258 | 121 |
| 1895 | #244 | 127 |
| 1894 | #228 | 136 |
| 1893 | #209 | 148 |
| 1892 | #207 | 150 |
| 1891 | #194 | 138 |
| 1890 | #201 | 138 |
| 1889 | #175 | 168 |
| 1888 | #194 | 133 |
| 1887 | #170 | 138 |
| 1886 | #184 | 120 |
| 1885 | #185 | 102 |
| 1884 | #184 | 95 |
| 1883 | #167 | 100 |
| 1882 | #201 | 68 |
| 1881 | #180 | 69 |
| 1880 | #177 | 72 |
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.
Where Mathilda is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#159 · 1 in 505
- Pennsylvania#331 · 1 in 4,575
- Michigan#370 · 1 in 4,549
- Louisiana#486 · 1 in 4,765
- New York#531 · 1 in 10,952
Best ever in a state: #73 in North Dakota, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #159 | 7 | 1 in 505 |
| Pennsylvania | #331 | 20 | 1 in 4,575 |
| Michigan | #370 | 9 | 1 in 4,549 |
| Louisiana | #486 | 5 | 1 in 4,765 |
| New York | #531 | 9 | 1 in 10,952 |
| Illinois | #625 | 5 | 1 in 11,908 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mathilda
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #167 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1880–1928
- 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
- 18.0% of all girls named Mathilda (1,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,065 | #167 (1883) | #182 |
| 1890s | 1,323 | #194 (1891) | #233 |
| 1900s | 960 | #285 (1901) | #342 |
| 1910s | 1,357 | #403 (1910) | #483 |
| 1920s | 1,057 | #595 (1921) | #751 |
| 1930s | 376 | #1,032 (1932) | #1,189 |
| 1940s | 190 | #1,527 (1943) | #2,167 |
| 1950s | 134 | #2,516 (1953) | #3,181 |
| 1960s | 106 | #3,379 (1964) | #4,325 |
| 1970s | 73 | #4,761 (1970) | #7,238 |
| 1980s | 25 | #7,312 (1983) | #9,485 |
| 1990s | 65 | #4,796 (1998) | #7,497 |
| 2000s | 214 | #3,870 (2009) | #6,055 |
| 2010s | 380 | #3,177 (2015) | #3,970 |
| 2020s | 202 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
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1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 13,470 of them was named Mathilda, which outranked 86.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #763Theo90
- #767Lyla89
- #767Mickey89
- #769Mathilda88
- #769Adelina88
- #769Concepcion88
- #769Juliet88
- #774Lavada87
- #774Magnolia87
- #774Maxie87
Tied with 4 names at #769; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.