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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #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 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #271 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,403 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #301 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsMINew York: #640 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,676 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedSDIowa: #382 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,195 girlsIAIndiana: #273 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,686 girlsINOhio: #228 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,045 girlsOHPennsylvania: #279 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,268 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #184 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,043 girlsMOKentucky: #66 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 270 girlsKYWest Virginia: #171 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 978 girlsWVVirginia: #73 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 267 girlsVAMaryland: #269 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNMKansas: #231 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsKSArkansas: #27 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 142 girlsARTennessee: #25 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 132 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #33 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 166 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #25 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 114 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #130 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 719 girlsDCOklahoma: #114 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 479 girlsOKLouisiana: #64 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 238 girlsLAMississippi: #7 for girls · 304 births · 1 in 76 girlsMSAlabama: #15 for girls · 350 births · 1 in 94 girlsALGeorgia: #13 for girls · 451 births · 1 in 77 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedHITexas: #52 for girls · 230 births · 1 in 268 girlsTXFlorida: #45 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 199 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 76
  2. Georgia#13 · 1 in 77
  3. Alabama#15 · 1 in 94
  4. South Carolina#25 · 1 in 114
  5. Tennessee#25 · 1 in 132

Best ever in a state: #3 in Georgia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#73041 in 76
Georgia#134511 in 77
Alabama#153501 in 94
South Carolina#252111 in 114
Tennessee#252211 in 132
Arkansas#271531 in 142
North Carolina#332391 in 166
Florida#45751 in 199
Texas#522301 in 268
Louisiana#641001 in 238
Kentucky#661111 in 270
Virginia#731041 in 267
Oklahoma#114541 in 479
District of Columbia#13051 in 719
West Virginia#171211 in 978
Missouri#184301 in 1,043
Ohio#228271 in 2,045
Kansas#231111 in 1,448
Maryland#26951 in 2,809
Illinois#271251 in 2,403
Indiana#273101 in 2,686
Pennsylvania#279291 in 3,268
Michigan#301141 in 2,923
Iowa#38251 in 4,195
New York#64061 in 16,676
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1925

girls
#100
2,816 births · 1 in 432 girls
boys
#1,806
19 births · 1 in 58,733 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #100Mattie2,816

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,806Mattie19
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 432 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #97Jessie2,951
  2. #98Nellie2,937
  3. #99Margie2,868
  4. #100Mattie2,816
  5. #101Ellen2,794
  6. #102Lucy2,766
  7. #103Rosemary2,755
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 58,733 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 62.9% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #1,745Willy20
  2. #1,745Woodie20
  3. #1,745Yoshito20
  4. #1,806Mattie19
  5. #1,806Adell19
  6. #1,806Albino19
  7. #1,806Alger19
  8. #1,870Ace18
  9. #1,870Aime18
  10. #1,870Albion18

Tied with 63 names at #1,806; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →