Matti
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAT-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Matti is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Matti mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Matty; pet form of Matthew; for girls, of Matilda
“gift of God”
Usually short for Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu; as a girls' name it is short for the Germanic Matilda.
Meaning borrowed from Matty. More on Wiktionary.
Is Matti a girl's or a boy's name?
Matti is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matti in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Matti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Matti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Matti, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Matti in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Matti or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
In 2004, 82% of the babies named Matti in the US were girls.
Matti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Matti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Malachi, Toby, Ellis, Levi, Charlie, Evan, Leon, Ethan, Ali, Harvey, Alfie, Eli
Other spellings of Matti
Names related to Matti
Matthew, Matteo, Matei, Mattia, Motti, Matt, Matia, Mattheo, Mattea
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Matti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matti, updated 20 October 2026.