Mathilde is a distinctive choice, ranked #1639 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Mathilde in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1639
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About the Name Mathilde
Mathilde has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 277 places in five years. It was most popular in 2005 at #851 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Mathilde is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Mathilde in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Mathilde
Mathilde Warnier — Mathilde Warnier is a French actress, model, and columnist.
Mathilde Ollivier — Mathilde Ollivier is a French actress, producer and model.
Mathilde Panot — Mathilde Françoise Panot is a French politician who has served as the president of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly since October 2021.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Mathilde
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Mathilde per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mathilde in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mathilde has been fairly steady, ranked #1,639 in 2025 against #1,618 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #851 in 2005.
Mathilde is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Mathilde include: Mathilde Warnier, Mathilde Ollivier and Mathilde Panot. Short summaries for each appear below.
Mathilde does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mathildes in the wild.
18
UK babies named Mathilde (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 21 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mathilde
Almost certainly the only Mathilde in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mathilde
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mathilde Françoise Panot is a French politician who has served as the president of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly since October 2021.
Mathilde-Marie Feliksovna Kschessinska, also known as Princess Romanovskaya-Krasinskaya upon her marriage, was a Polish-Russian ballerina from the noble Krzesiński family.