Mattie

Mattie was the #1,004 girls' name in the US in 2025 (249 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Mattie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mattie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Mattie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,004 (249)—#3,478 (5)
2024#1,052 (237)——
2023#1,042 (243)——
2022#1,049 (243)#5,670 (3)#3,228 (5)
2021#1,069 (235)—#2,616 (7)
2020#1,042 (241)—#2,591 (7)
2019#1,101 (223)—#3,266 (5)
2018#1,057 (242)—#3,286 (5)
2017#1,051 (245)#4,063 (5)—
2016#1,026 (258)#4,096 (5)#2,892 (6)
2015#997 (270)——
2014#919 (293)—#2,617 (7)
2013#1,026 (243)#4,050 (5)#2,204 (9)
2012#913 (285)—#2,921 (6)
2011#931 (277)#5,785 (3)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #25.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mattie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 6,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mattie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #409TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #133MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Mattie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MattieCanadaGirls#3,4785
MattieEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MattieEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MattieIrelandBoys#6764
MattieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MattieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MattieUSGirls#1,004249
MattieUSBoys—too few