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How popular is the name Mathilda?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mathildas are alive today.
Mathilda (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Matilda in England and Wales, ranked 1454th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 68 babies were given the name, the 544th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 31% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Matilda you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Matildas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 18, and there are at least 33,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Matilda.
How many babies are named Mathilda each year?
Includes all spellings: Mathilda, Matilda. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mathilda spelling rank?
Where does the Matilda spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mathilda most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Matilda, peaked in 2016, when 1,954 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mathilda spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 68 babies.
How many people are called Mathilda?
At least 33,000 people named Mathilda in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mathilda?
Most living Mathildas are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 10.
Is Mathilda becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.