# Matilde (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matilde/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,438 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 218 / 3,220 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 558, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,155 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,925 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,391 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,137 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,818 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,802 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,818 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,305 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,411 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,962 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,985 |
| 2022 | 43 | 3,636 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,312 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4,014 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,948 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,028 |
| 1946 | 8 | 2,831 |
| 1947 | 8 | 3,018 |
| 1948 | 5 | 4,007 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,562 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,660 |
| 1955 | 7 | 3,393 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,450 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,363 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,436 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,422 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,795 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,622 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,747 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 42 | 864 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 39 | 899 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Matilde

- Matilde Hidalgo, Ecuadorian physician and suffragist (1889-1974)
- Matilde Bajer, Danish women's rights activist and pacifist
- Matilde Moisant, American aviator (1878–1964)
- Matilde Lundorf Skovsen, Danish footballer
- Matilde d'Este, (1673-1732)
- Matilde Cherner, (1833-1880) Spanish writer
- Matilde Ribeiro, Brazilian politician
- Matilde Pérez, Chilean sculptor, painter and visual artist (1916-2014)
- Matilde d'Altavilla, Daughter of Robert Guiscard; Countess of Barcelona, Viscountess of Narbonne
- Matilda of Tuscany, Canossian dynasty countess of Tuscany (c.1046–1115)
- Matilda of Swabia, 11th-century Conradine dynasty duchess
- Matilda of Béthune, Countess consort of Flanders

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.