Girl
Matilda
As a girl's name, Matilda is understood to mean "battle-mighty". It settled in after its 1910s peak and has held its ground ever since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. The registry counts around 25,750 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
GermanicGermanic "maht" (might) + "hild" (battle)
EtymologyMeaning "battle-mighty"
Births by decade
1900s
2,892
1910s
5,293
1920s
5,021
1930s
2,033
1940s
1,283
1950s
1,178
1960s
983
1970s
620
1980s
359
1990s
486
2000s
1,710
2010s
3,892
Peaked in the 1910s · 25,750 total U.S. births since 1900