Matilde
About Matilde
The German Matilda has some European variations that are popular in their native countries. Matilde ranks in Italy's and Portugal's Top 10 for girls, while the French variation Mathilde ranks among the Top 100 girl names in France, Denmark, and Norway.
The original Matilda is rising in the US after being off the Top 1000 for more than 40 years, and also ranks in the Top 100 in most English-speaking countries along with Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and its native Germany.
Pronounced muh-TIL-duh.
As of October 2026, Matilde ranked #4948 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #639 in 1883.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,817 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | #4,800 | 29 | 16.4 |
| 2017 | #3,815 | 40 | 23.2 |
| 2018 | #4,304 | 33 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | #4,410 | 32 | 19.1 |
| 2020 | #4,959 | 26 | 16.1 |
| 2021 | #3,983 | 37 | 22.5 |
| 2022 | #3,632 | 43 | 26.2 |
| 2023 | #3,310 | 49 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | #4,002 | 37 | 22.8 |
| 2025 | #4,948 | 27 | 16.8 |
World rankings
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Matilde on lists
Famous Matildes
- Matilde Camus
Spanish poet
- Matilde Marcolli
Italian mathematical physicist
- Matilde Serao. Greek
born Italian journalist and novelist
- Matilde E. Moisant
American aviatrix
- Matilde Ortiz (Reyes)
Spanish Olympic water polo player
- Matilde Ciccia
Italian Olympic ice dancer
- Matilde Casazola (Mendoza)
Bolivian songwriter
- Matilde Fernández
Spanish cabinet minister
- Matilde Urrutia
Chilean physical therapist; third wife of poet Pablo Neruda
- Matilde Montoya
Mexican doctor
Matilde in pop culture
- "Matilde di Shabran
" opera by Gioachino Rossini