Matilda

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #364in 2025
  • 1 in 1,917girls in 2025
  • +60%last ten years
  • 3.2×in Oregon

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record, and up 60% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,1542,30818801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Matilda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,308
18812,034
18822,244
18831,487
18841,891
18851,954
18862,138
18871,822
18881,836
18891,794
18901,539
18911,811
18921,564
18931,541
18941,323
18951,451
18961,425
18971,392
18981,349
18991,339
19001,161
19011,149
19021,098
1903935
19041,035
1905919
1906999
19071,011
1908850
1909806
1910709
1911767
1912713
1913692
1914649
1915693
1916637
1917634
1918596
1919571
1920530
1921491
1922521
1923472
1924425
1925389
1926352
1927351
1928343
1929306
1930270
1931224
1932235
1933198
1934192
1935185
1936188
1937158
1938138
1939117
1940136
1941108
194297
194391
194491
194565
194682
194775
194880
194981
195082
195172
195266
195362
195458
195562
195656
195746
195854
195960
196059
196154
196251
196365
196467
196553
196651
196741
196846
196946
197046
197145
197242
197343
197446
197545
197637
197737
197824
197935
198023
198125
198231
198322
198420
198520
198615
198720
198820
198915
199015
199115
199216
199314
199420
199524
199627
199747
199852
199942
200043
200156
200262
200357
200451
200567
200695
2007105
2008182
2009204
2010193
2011201
2012246
2013249
2014293
2015327
2016356
2017347
2018378
2019415
2020396
2021410
2022462
2023441
2024477
2025521

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Oregon 3.2×
  2. Washington 2.2×
  3. Minnesota 2.1×
  4. Utah 2.0×
  5. Wisconsin 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
838
Rank in 2025
#364
How rare
1 in 1,917 girls
Since 1880
37,270

Most popular in 1880, at 2,308 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 60% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Oregon3.2×60
Washington2.2×90
Minnesota2.1×65
Utah2.0×47
Wisconsin1.9×57

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.