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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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.

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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 1928

girls
#121
2,128 births · 1 in 542 girls
boys
#1,165
37 births · 1 in 29,935 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #121Mattie2,128

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #1,165Mattie37
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 542 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #118Minnie2,227
  2. #119Sylvia2,222
  3. #120Christine2,177
  4. #121Mattie2,128
  5. #122Leona2,085
  6. #123Loretta1,996
  7. #124Geneva1,981
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 29,935 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #1,147Orland38
  2. #1,147Samual38
  3. #1,147Titus38
  4. #1,165Mattie37
  5. #1,165Alice37
  6. #1,165Amador37
  7. #1,165Ansel37
  8. #1,188Akira36
  9. #1,188Almon36
  10. #1,188Augusta36

Tied with 22 names at #1,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928