How rare is the name Matilde?

9,811 people in the United States have the first name Matilde, about 1 in 30,785. It ranks #2,494 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MATILDE

#2,494

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,811
About
1 in 30,785
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,811 people named Matilde, 89.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% as White and 3.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Matilde peaked in 1927, when 74 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
74
In 2025*
27 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,438 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Matilde by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,917. The largest share of babies named Matilde, 18.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,08028
1890s#2,15152
1900s#1,917102
1910s#2,893177
1920s#2,045469
1930s#2,057399
1940s#3,140229
1950s#3,751220
1960s#3,928242
1970s#4,013309
1980s#6,202209
1990s#7,999203
2000s#8,024277
2010s#7,941303
2020s#6,954219
Before 19012.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2718.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.2%
Baby boom 1946–6412.4%
Generation X 1965–8013.9%
Millennials 1981–969.4%
Generation Z 1997–1212.3%
2013 and later12.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Matilde is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Matilde has been most common in Texas (8.7×), New Mexico (5×), and California (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.82×).

1,853 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Matilde

#2,492 Ruthie · 9,841#2,493 Houston · 9,835#2,495 Garland · 9,805#2,496 Arden · 9,804

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Matilde, most common first.

#1,991 Matilda · 13,836#9,210 Mathilda · 1,526#9,970 Mathilde · 1,360

Also a last name

As a last name, Matilde ranks #138,300 of 156,621, with 125 people. See Matilde as a last name

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