Matylda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-TIL-da
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
Matylda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “mighty in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies).
What does Matylda mean?
Germanic: Polish and Czech form of Matilda
“mighty in battle”
Polish and Czech form of Matilda.
Is Matylda a girl's or a boy's name?
Matylda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matylda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Matylda, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 54 girls.
Half of all the girls named Matylda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,553 girls in the UK were given Matylda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Matylda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 54 | #784 |
| 2014 | 35 | #1,080 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 41 | #919 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Matylda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Matylda in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matylda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Matylda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Mila Isla Luna Aria Arabella Liyana Myla Elodie Pippa Sienna Lyra
Other spellings of Matylda
Names related to Matylda
More Germanic names
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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, “Matylda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matylda, updated 20 October 2026.