Matilyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAT-i-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Matilyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Matilyn come from?
Modern: blend of Matilda or Mattie and Lynn
Is Matilyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Matilyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matilyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Matilyn, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Matilyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matilyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,831 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Nicknames for Matilyn
Names like Matilyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn Madilyn Madison Miley Addison Emerson Madisson Madelyn Emmalyn Gracelynn Jordyn Camryn
Names related to Matilyn
Mattilyn Mattilynn Mattalynn Matilynn Mattalyn Matalyn Mattelyn Matelyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Matilyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matilyn, updated 20 October 2026.