Mathilda
Girl · ma-TIL-da · Germanic
Mathilda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Mathilda mean?
Germanic: spelling of Matilda
“mighty in battle”
Spelling of Matilda, from Germanic words for might and battle.
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- ma-TIL-da
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Is Mathilda a girl's or a boy's name?
Mathilda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mathilda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Mathilda, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 69 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mathilda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,553 girls in the UK were given Mathilda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Mathilda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 49 | #851 |
| 2016 | 40 | #985 |
| 2015 | 57 | #748 |
| 2014 | 51 | #819 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 49 | #846 |
| 2011 | 57 | #733 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 57 | #707 |
| 2008 | 67 | #623 |
| 2007 | 69 | #586 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 48 | #698 |
| 2004 | 51 | #639 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 30 | #832 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Mathilda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Mathilda, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 180 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mathilda in the US since 1880 were born between 1895 and 1927. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 870 girls in the US were given Mathilda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #379, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.
- Matilda 838
- Mathilda 32
Mathilda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,413 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1935 | 44 | #1,039 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,289 |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,072 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,064 |
| 1928 | 57 | #983 |
| 1927 | 79 | #824 |
| 1926 | 88 | #769 |
| 1925 | 100 | #736 |
| 1924 | 113 | #698 |
| 1923 | 140 | #623 |
| 1922 | 140 | #622 |
| 1921 | 147 | #595 |
| 1920 | 146 | #595 |
| 1919 | 142 | #587 |
| 1918 | 180 | #510 |
| 1917 | 164 | #520 |
| 1916 | 170 | #494 |
| 1915 | 146 | #518 |
| 1914 | 142 | #459 |
| 1913 | 101 | #506 |
| 1912 | 120 | #429 |
| 1911 | 97 | #407 |
| 1910 | 95 | #403 |
| 1909 | 84 | #397 |
| 1908 | 85 | #391 |
| 1907 | 90 | #370 |
| 1906 | 102 | #331 |
| 1905 | 84 | #372 |
| 1904 | 101 | #323 |
| 1903 | 88 | #333 |
| 1902 | 104 | #309 |
| 1901 | 109 | #285 |
| 1900 | 113 | #310 |
| 1899 | 127 | #249 |
| 1898 | 130 | #264 |
| 1897 | 108 | #273 |
| 1896 | 121 | #258 |
| 1895 | 127 | #244 |
| 1894 | 136 | #228 |
| 1893 | 148 | #209 |
| 1892 | 150 | #207 |
| 1891 | 138 | #194 |
| 1890 | 138 | #201 |
| 1889 | 168 | #175 |
| 1888 | 133 | #194 |
| 1887 | 138 | #170 |
| 1886 | 120 | #184 |
| 1885 | 102 | #185 |
| 1884 | 95 | #184 |
| 1883 | 100 | #167 |
| 1882 | 68 | #201 |
| 1881 | 69 | #180 |
| 1880 | 72 | #177 |
Nicknames for Mathilda
Names like Mathilda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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