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Mathilde

Girl

Origin of the name

Mathilde is the French form of Matilda, from the Old High German, made of maht, “might,” and hild, “battle.” Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, bore it.

Comeback name

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1894 was its best year: 32 births, or 1 baby in 10,583. After a low point around 1955, parents rediscovered it: about 20 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 5721.
1,793births since 1880
1890sgeneration
No. 504rank at its peak, in 1894

Where babies named Mathilde are born

1910

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