Mathilde
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-TILD
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Mathilde is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Mathilde mean?
Germanic: French, German and Scandinavian form of Matilda
“mighty in battle”
French, German and Scandinavian form of Matilda.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mathilde a girl's or a boy's name?
Mathilde is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mathilde in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Mathilde, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mathilde in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Mathilde in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,379 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 33 | #900 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Mathilde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Mathilde, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1894, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mathilde in the US since 1880 were born between 1900 and 2005. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Mathilde in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,360 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,228 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 27 | #825 |
| 1910 | 24 | #877 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 21 | #699 |
| 1900 | 24 | #742 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 29 | #597 |
| 1897 | 22 | #660 |
| 1896 | 22 | #670 |
| 1895 | 30 | #538 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 27 | #526 |
| 1891 | 26 | #506 |
| 1890 | 25 | #524 |
| 1889 | 25 | #499 |
| 1888 | 26 | #486 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 21 | #476 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 12 | #561 |
| 1882 | 14 | #493 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 11 | #518 |
Nicknames for Mathilde
- Tilde
Names like Mathilde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Millie, Lottie, Matilda, Phoebe, Olive, Ottilie, Grace, Ella, Hattie, Alice, Florence, Mabel
Names related to Mathilde
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles, Avery
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mathilde: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mathilde, updated 20 October 2026.