Girls' name · peaked in 1882
Mattie name popularity since 1925
61,537 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mattie (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1941 or earlier, so the typical Mattie is about 85 years old in 2026. Mattie peaked in 1882 as the #25 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 61,537
- Named Mattie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1882
- #25 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,005 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 61,151 girls · 386 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 8.87× its national share
Peak year is the year Mattie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mattie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Mattie peaked earlier, in 1882.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, Mattie's share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 6,380 to 1 in 11,900.
- Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, it became 2× more common, from 1 in 16,400 baby girls to 1 in 8,050.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mattie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mattie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mattie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 11,971 | 101 | – |
| 1930s | 16,295 | 168 | #136 |
| 1940s | 11,781 | 71 | #191 |
| 1950s | 6,622 | 26 | #340 |
| 1960s | 2,611 | 20 | #600 |
| 1970s | 1,118 | 0 | #1,097 |
| 1980s | 1,297 | 0 | #1,379 |
| 1990s | 2,045 | 0 | #869 |
| 2000s | 3,348 | 0 | #773 |
| 2010s | 2,615 | 0 | #1,001 |
| 2020–25 | 1,448 | 0 | #1,005 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.9% of babies named Mattie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Mattie is most popular
The index compares Mattie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mattie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8.87× | 6,246 |
| Alabama | 7.10× | 7,307 |
| Georgia | 5.20× | 8,354 |
| South Carolina | 5.04× | 4,107 |
| Arkansas | 3.92× | 2,343 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mattie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mattie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mattie (1882).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data