Baby name

Mathilda

Girl

Comeback name

1918 was its best year: 180 births, or 1 baby in 12,061. After a low point around 1991, parents rediscovered it: about 30 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 4351.

7,527births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 510rank at its peak, in 1918

Where babies named Mathilda are born

1918

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mathilda is most common in Louisiana (7.1 times), Pennsylvania (3.2) and New York (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Matilda 37,270
Mathilde 1,793

Names from the same era

Verda · Vesta · Garnet · Gertie · Floy · Alva

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