Mattie

#1,004 for girls in 2025, 249 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 966 births
Debut · girls
704 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
133,079
since 1880

Mattie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #25, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,004249—
2024#1,052237—
2023#1,042243—
2022#1,049243—
2021#1,069235—
2020#1,042241—
2019#1,101223—
2018#1,057242—
2017#1,051245—
2016#1,026258—
2015#997270—
2014#919293—
2013#1,026243—
2012#913285—
2011#931277—
2010#928279—
2009#879312—
2008#863323—
2007#782368—
2006#824328—
2005#772343—
2004#776332—
2003#717360—
2002#746325—
2001#700353—
2000#753304—
1999#861250—
1998#916229—
1997#848241—
1996#852234—
1995#867222—
1994#915207—
1993#1,185146—
1992#1,085166—
1991#991189—
1990#1,094161—
1989#1,023167—
1988#935180—
1987#810216—
1986#933170—
1985#1,37394—
1984#1,41482—
1983#1,32890—
1982#1,257103—
1981#1,30497—
1980#1,29998—
1979#1,28399—
1978#1,46178—
1977#1,214100—
1976#1,21693—
1975#1,094107—
1974#1,033116—
1973#1,038112—
1972#988121—
1971#957133—
1970#848159—
1969#881142—
1968#811156—
1967#738175#3,9665
1966#648220—
1965#596259—
1964#571297#4,0395
1963#571296#4,0485
1962#546322—
1961#548323#4,0655
1960#480421—
1959#466425—
1958#420495—
1957#401525—
1956#375553—
1955#340630#3,5056
1954#322691—
1953#299752—
1952#285814#2,8758
1951#276808#3,3646
1950#247929#3,3296
1949#237984#2,45310
1948#2221,091—
1947#2241,124#3,3706
1946#2151,088—
1945#1911,072#3,3385
1944#1851,186#2,4679
1943#1831,218#2,9647
1942#1711,362#2,9407
1941#1631,364#2,08312
1940#1631,292#1,80215
1939#1631,292#2,28810
1938#1531,443#1,90114
1937#1481,497#1,68817
1936#1431,504#1,63917
1935#1361,603#1,70817
1934#1321,708#1,60819
1933#1301,675#1,77016
1932#1251,918#1,23630
1931#1301,765#2,10113
1930#1281,890#1,96415
1929#1212,028#2,31712
1928#1212,128#1,16537
1927#1132,501#1,95917
1926#1092,498#1,98116
1925#1002,816#1,80619
1924#1092,600#2,13215
1923#1062,602#1,94117
1922#1032,748#1,64422
1921#1052,703#2,05916
1920#962,902#2,60211
1919#952,856#1,57622
1918#1002,610#1,76719
1917#942,572#2,09114
1916#932,556#2,25912
1915#912,434#1,70717
1914#782,193#1,68714
1913#751,868#1,58012
1912#701,915#2,2696
1911#651,552#1,5376
1910#601,687#78215
1909#591,407#89311
1908#601,364#82511
1907#591,319—
1906#551,325#70912
1905#551,371#9198
1904#521,362#1,0646
1903#511,278#73410
1902#511,353#68711
1901#501,224#8587
1900#441,834#1,1626
1899#481,171#7868
1898#501,314#63512
1897#531,181#8527
1896#491,288#9007
1895#511,276#64011
1894#491,238#8577
1893#471,257—
1892#441,303#68810
1891#461,165—
1890#421,256—
1889#441,173#58111
1888#391,268—
1887#401,031—
1886#391,044#9595
1885#351,014#9365
1884#311,007—
1883#30883—
1882#25966#8376
1881#29754—
1880#29704#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mattie was already there! It came in at #29, and was given to 704 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1985, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.

Where Mattie is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mattie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,052 → #1,004)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#1,042 → #1,004)
  • 7 spots since 2015 (#997 → #1,004)
  • Biggest jump: 440 spots in 1986 (#1,373 → #933)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1988 (#810 → #935)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #25 (966 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1920
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 112
  • Highest: 1 in 112 girls born in 1882 were named Mattie (0.90%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,455 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Mattie (25,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,844#25 (1882)#34
1890s12,449#42 (1890)#48
1900s13,837#44 (1900)#54
1910s22,243#60 (1910)#82
1920s25,526#96 (1920)#108
1930s16,295#125 (1932)#139
1940s11,781#163 (1941)#195
1950s6,622#247 (1950)#343
1960s2,611#480 (1960)#639
1970s1,118#848 (1970)#1,113
1980s1,297#810 (1987)#1,168
1990s2,045#848 (1997)#961
2000s3,348#700 (2001)#781
2010s2,615#913 (2012)#995
2020s1,448#1,004 (2025)#1,043

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mattie in 1907

girls
#59
1,319 births · 1 in 242 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #59Mattie1,319
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 242 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 97.5% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #56Willie1,394
  2. #57Mae1,375
  3. #58Alma1,347
  4. #59Mattie1,319
  5. #60Jessie1,314
  6. #61Carrie1,283
  7. #62Ann1,264
Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →