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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

MatildaIn Hebrew: מטילדה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Matilda (Hebrew: מטילדה) is a girl's name of international origin. 477 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1950, with 33 babies.

People in Israel
477
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1950
33 babies
USA, 2025
838
rank #364

Writing and saying Matilda

In Hebrew letters the name is מטילדה, read right to left. Matilda is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Matilda by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Matilda: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Matilda in English-speaking countries

Matilda in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025838#3642025 (838)
United Kingdom20251,515#252016 (1,983)
England and Wales20251,449#192016 (1,915)
Scotland202547#932017 (58)
Northern Ireland202519#1112017 (24)
Ireland202544#1062016 (58)
British Columbia202323#1282023 (23)
Alberta202514#3142016 (21)
Quebec20255#7732013 (10)
New South Wales2025239#162008 (375)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Matilda has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Matilda

How do you write Matilda in Hebrew?

Matilda is written מטילדה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Matilda?

477 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מטילדה: 477 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Matilda a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named מטילדה are women.

Is Matilda used outside Israel?

The name Matilda appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 838 girls were given it in 2025 (#364), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,515 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.