Matilde
#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,418
Given to girls 93.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,220since 1883
Matilde over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,795 | 31 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,600 | 23 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,205 | 35 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #1,051 | 48 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 | — | |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Matilde! It came in at #615, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Matilde is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#193 · 1 in 791
- Texas#459 · 1 in 3,347
Best ever in a state: #137 in New Mexico, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #193 | 5 | 1 in 791 |
| Texas | #459 | 18 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Matilde
- 915 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #4,878)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #4,878)
- 153 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #4,878)
- Biggest jump: 563 spots in 1902 (#1,466 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 981 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,877)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #615 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1902–1903
- Highest: 1 in 11,232 girls born in 1883 were named Matilde (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.0% of all girls named Matilde (417) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #615 (1883) | #982 |
| 1890s | 52 | #1,047 (1896) | #1,194 |
| 1900s | 102 | #896 (1903) | #1,346 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,207 (1910) | #1,679 |
| 1920s | 417 | #924 (1927) | #1,214 |
| 1930s | 331 | #995 (1931) | #1,375 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,807 (1949) | #2,084 |
| 1950s | 189 | #2,156 (1955) | #2,587 |
| 1960s | 227 | #2,031 (1965) | #2,709 |
| 1970s | 295 | #2,137 (1971) | #2,677 |
| 1980s | 209 | #2,704 (1982) | #4,185 |
| 1990s | 203 | #3,503 (1992) | #5,083 |
| 2000s | 277 | #4,029 (2005) | #4,902 |
| 2010s | 303 | #3,769 (2017) | #4,677 |
| 2020s | 219 | #3,274 (2023) | #4,088 |
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.
Matilde in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 33,921 of them was named Matilde, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,290Onalee35
- #1,290Otilia35
- #1,290Silvia35
- #1,310Matilde34
- #1,310Adaline34
- #1,310Amie34
- #1,310Archie34
- #1,338Albertine33
- #1,338Alean33
- #1,338Aloha33
Tied with 27 names at #1,310; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 123,068 of them was named Matilde, which outranked 39.8% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,659Wiliam10
- #2,659Yoshiaki10
- #2,659Ysmael10
- #2,843Matilde9
- #2,843Abie9
- #2,843Adams9
- #2,843Aime9
- #3,076Achille8
- #3,076Adair8
- #3,076Admiral8
Tied with 232 names at #2,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.