Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mathilda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mathilda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

180

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

83.3%

2024

All-time

7,495

Mathilda has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 180 girls were named Mathilda.

In 2024, only 30 girls were given the name.

Down 83.3% from its peak.

All told, about 7,495 Americans have been named Mathilda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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