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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

  • 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: #345 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,882 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #400 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,882 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #360 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,047 girlsINOhio: #340 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,224 girlsOHPennsylvania: #358 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,839 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: #238 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #185 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsMOKentucky: #45 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 200 girlsKYWest Virginia: #202 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsWVVirginia: #53 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 205 girlsVAMaryland: #158 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 980 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: #228 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsKSArkansas: #26 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 130 girlsARTennessee: #22 for girls · 227 births · 1 in 107 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #35 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 150 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #21 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 107 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #115 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 431 girlsOKLouisiana: #43 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 172 girlsLAMississippi: #7 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 80 girlsMSAlabama: #9 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 85 girlsALGeorgia: #8 for girls · 458 births · 1 in 68 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedHITexas: #49 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 227 girlsTXFlorida: #34 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 137 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 80
  2. Georgia#8 · 1 in 68
  3. Alabama#9 · 1 in 85
  4. South Carolina#21 · 1 in 107
  5. Tennessee#22 · 1 in 107

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#72211 in 80
Georgia#84581 in 68
Alabama#92941 in 85
South Carolina#211821 in 107
Tennessee#222271 in 107
Arkansas#261381 in 130
Florida#34651 in 137
North Carolina#352101 in 150
Louisiana#431091 in 172
Kentucky#451241 in 200
Texas#492081 in 227
Virginia#531221 in 205
Oklahoma#115461 in 431
Maryland#158131 in 980
Missouri#185251 in 1,143
West Virginia#202141 in 1,151
Kansas#228101 in 1,496
Colorado#23851 in 1,468
Ohio#340121 in 4,224
Illinois#345151 in 3,882
Pennsylvania#358161 in 5,839
Indiana#36061 in 4,047
Michigan#40071 in 4,882
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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 1917

girls
#94
2,572 births · 1 in 420 girls
boys
#2,091
14 births · 1 in 66,106 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #94Mattie2,572

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,091Mattie14
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 420 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 98.2% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #91Blanche2,836
  2. #92Phyllis2,696
  3. #93Maxine2,647
  4. #94Mattie2,572
  5. #95Opal2,541
  6. #96Mae2,507
  7. #97Theresa2,490
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 66,106 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 54.6% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #1,986Wendall15
  2. #1,986Wilho15
  3. #1,986Zenon15
  4. #2,091Mattie14
  5. #2,091Adan14
  6. #2,091Allard14
  7. #2,091Alson14
  8. #2,188Aden13
  9. #2,188Akira13
  10. #2,188Alvaro13

Tied with 96 names at #2,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →