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How popular is the name Matylda?
Births per year, rank history and how many Matyldas are alive today.
Matylda (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Matilda in England and Wales, ranked 1719th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 50 babies were given the name, the 775th most popular that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 34% 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 34,000 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 Matylda each year?
Includes all spellings: Matylda, Mathilda, Matilda. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Matylda spelling rank?
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 Matylda most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Matilda, peaked in 2016, when 1,992 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Matylda spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 50 babies.
How many people are called Matylda?
At least 34,000 people named Matylda in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Matylda?
Most living Matyldas are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 10.
Is Matylda becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak.