Matty
- #5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to girls 81.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 759since 1904
Matty over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
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| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1904
The first year at least five girls were named Matty! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Matty is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New York#1,028 · 1 in 5,595
Best ever in a state: #829 in New York, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,028 | 14 | 1 in 5,595 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Matty
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,224 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #5,722)
- 1,074 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #5,722)
- 314 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #5,722)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1905 at #1,538 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,660
- Highest: 1 in 41,660 girls born in 1905 were named Matty (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 24.1% of all girls named Matty (183) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,708 |
| 1910s | 23 | #3,512 (1918) | #4,000 |
| 1920s | 35 | #3,137 (1929) | #4,016 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,345 (1930) | #3,702 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,835 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,598 (1988) | #7,597 |
| 1990s | 104 | #5,221 (1995) | #8,722 |
| 2000s | 183 | #4,834 (2001) | #6,608 |
| 2010s | 177 | #5,895 (2012) | #6,913 |
| 2020s | 117 | #4,648 (2020) | #6,315 |
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.
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