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How popular is “Mathilda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mathilda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mathilda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mathilda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mathilda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mathilda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mathilda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mathilda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 72 0.000357348 72 100%
1881 69 0.000358092 69 100%
1882 68 0.000306952 68 100%
1883 100 0.000460944 100 100%
1884 95 0.000390206 95 100%
1885 102 0.000423493 102 100%
1886 120 0.000470006 120 100%
1887 138 0.000557819 138 100%
1888 133 0.000444112 133 100%
1889 168 0.000581424 168 100%
1890 138 0.000457862 138 100%
1891 138 0.000481385 138 100%
1892 150 0.000448599 150 100%
1893 148 0.000455072 148 100%
1894 136 0.000401547 136 100%
1895 127 0.000361803 127 100%
1896 121 0.000338477 121 100%
1897 108 0.000311278 108 100%
1898 130 0.0003408 130 100%
1899 127 0.000374373 127 100%
1900 113 0.000250967 113 100%
1901 109 0.0003152 109 100%
1902 104 0.000268919 104 100%
1903 88 0.00023085 88 100%
1904 101 0.000250319 101 100%
1905 84 0.00019815 84 100%
1906 102 0.000238067 102 100%
1907 90 0.000193386 90 100%
1908 85 0.000173949 85 100%
1909 84 0.000164312 84 100%
1910 95 0.000160823 95 100%
1911 97 0.000150556 97 100%
1912 120 0.00012145 120 100%
1913 101 0.000088822 101 100%
1914 142 0.000100258 142 100%
1915 146 0.000079676 146 100%
1916 170 0.000087882 170 100%
1917 164 0.000081724 164 100%
1918 180 0.000082907 180 100%
1919 142 0.000067291 142 100%
1920 146 0.000064526 146 100%
1921 147 0.000062968 147 100%
1922 140 0.000061158 140 100%
1923 140 0.000060804 140 100%
1924 113 0.000047447 113 100%
1925 100 0.000042858 100 100%
1926 88 0.000038329 88 100%
1927 79 0.000034061 79 100%
1928 57 0.000025211 57 100%
1929 47 0.00002144 47 100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 100%
1931 42 0.000019958 42 100%
1932 47 0.000022261 47 100%
1933 31 0.000015504 31 100%
1934 38 0.000018297 38 100%
1935 44 0.000021054 44 100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 100%
1937 34 0.000015957 34 100%
1938 28 0.000012655 28 100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 100%
1941 21 0.000008619 21 100%
1942 22 0.000008053 22 100%
1943 30 0.000010629 30 100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 100%
1953 18 0.000004671 18 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 100%
1957 16 0.000003808 16 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 12 0.000002897 12 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 11 0.000003618 11 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 22 0.000005981 22 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 17 0.000004497 17 100%
2001 20 0.000005343 20 100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 100%
2003 24 0.000006312 24 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 20 0.000005055 20 100%
2007 19 0.000004753 19 100%
2008 21 0.000005343 21 100%
2009 40 0.000010471 40 100%
2010 34 0.0000092 34 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 41 0.00001121 41 100%
2013 33 0.000009052 33 100%
2014 36 0.000009713 36 100%
2015 52 0.000014051 52 100%
2016 38 0.000010358 38 100%
2017 33 0.000009228 33 100%
2018 41 0.000011661 41 100%
2019 38 0.000010948 38 100%
2020 32 0.000009579 32 100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 100%
2022 36 0.000010641 36 100%
2023 26 0.000007852 26 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Mathilda:

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  2. Mathie
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  5. Mathijs
  6. Mathilda (this page)
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  8. Mathis
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  10. Mathius
  11. Mathu