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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #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 1936

  • 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: #474 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,220 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedMINew 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: #260 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,576 girlsINOhio: #257 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,606 girlsOHPennsylvania: #449 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,105 girlsPANew Jersey: #347 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,701 girlsNJConnecticut: 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: #255 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,987 girlsMOKentucky: #147 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 677 girlsKYWest Virginia: #380 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,673 girlsWVVirginia: #122 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 541 girlsVAMaryland: #229 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,852 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #67 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 298 girlsARTennessee: #59 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 272 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #67 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 292 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #43 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 196 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #162 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 740 girlsOKLouisiana: #66 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 250 girlsLAMississippi: #23 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 127 girlsMSAlabama: #20 for girls · 250 births · 1 in 113 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 113 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mattie, so not publishedHITexas: #96 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 436 girlsTXFlorida: #84 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 360 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#20 · 1 in 113
  2. Georgia#21 · 1 in 113
  3. Mississippi#23 · 1 in 127
  4. South Carolina#43 · 1 in 196
  5. Tennessee#59 · 1 in 272

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#202501 in 113
Georgia#212601 in 113
Mississippi#231681 in 127
South Carolina#431021 in 196
Tennessee#59971 in 272
Louisiana#66821 in 250
Arkansas#67581 in 298
North Carolina#671221 in 292
Florida#84351 in 360
Texas#961261 in 436
Virginia#122421 in 541
Kentucky#147381 in 677
Oklahoma#162271 in 740
Maryland#22961 in 1,852
Missouri#255131 in 1,987
Ohio#257181 in 2,606
Indiana#26091 in 2,576
New Jersey#34751 in 4,701
West Virginia#38051 in 3,673
Pennsylvania#449101 in 7,105
Illinois#47471 in 7,220
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Delaware
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Minnesota
Montana
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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 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 1936

girls
#143
1,504 births · 1 in 692 girls
boys
#1,639
17 births · 1 in 61,012 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #143Mattie1,504

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #1,639Mattie17
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 692 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #140Jessie1,586
  2. #141Jeanne1,534
  3. #142Vera1,513
  4. #143Mattie1,504
  5. #144Joy1,483
  6. #145Charlene1,482
  7. #146Rosa1,454
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

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

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 61,012 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 59.4% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #1,587Titus18
  2. #1,587West18
  3. #1,587Wray18
  4. #1,639Mattie17
  5. #1,639Adrain17
  6. #1,639Americo17
  7. #1,639Armon17
  8. #1,723Abie16
  9. #1,723Adell16
  10. #1,723Alvan16

Tied with 83 names at #1,639; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

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

See the top 100 for 1936