Mattie
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MAT-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,004 for girls
Mattie is a name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,004th for girls in the US (249 babies).
What does Mattie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Matilda, or of Martha
Mattie Ross is the determined young heroine of Charles Portis's 1968 novel True Grit.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mattie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mattie has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 249 girls in the US.
How popular is Mattie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Mattie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Mattie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,004th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 249 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 249 girls in the US were named Mattie, making it the 1,004th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,042nd. Its busiest year was 1920, with 2,902 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mattie than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Mattie in the US since 1880 were born between 1907 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Mattie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #1,004 for this spelling alone.
Mattie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 249 | #1,004 |
| 2024 | 237 | #1,052 |
| 2023 | 243 | #1,042 |
| 2022 | 243 | #1,049 |
| 2021 | 235 | #1,069 |
| 2020 | 241 | #1,042 |
| 2019 | 223 | #1,101 |
| 2018 | 242 | #1,057 |
| 2017 | 245 | #1,051 |
| 2016 | 258 | #1,026 |
| 2015 | 270 | #997 |
| 2014 | 293 | #919 |
| 2013 | 243 | #1,026 |
| 2012 | 285 | #913 |
| 2011 | 277 | #931 |
| 2010 | 279 | #928 |
| 2009 | 312 | #879 |
| 2008 | 323 | #863 |
| 2007 | 368 | #782 |
| 2006 | 328 | #824 |
| 2005 | 343 | #772 |
| 2004 | 332 | #776 |
| 2003 | 360 | #717 |
| 2002 | 325 | #746 |
| 2001 | 353 | #700 |
| 2000 | 304 | #753 |
| 1999 | 250 | #860 |
| 1998 | 229 | #915 |
| 1997 | 241 | #848 |
| 1996 | 234 | #852 |
| 1995 | 222 | #865 |
| 1994 | 207 | #914 |
| 1993 | 146 | #1,183 |
| 1992 | 166 | #1,083 |
| 1991 | 189 | #989 |
| 1990 | 161 | #1,091 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 180 | #935 |
| 1987 | 216 | #810 |
| 1986 | 170 | #933 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,372 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,328 |
| 1982 | 103 | #1,257 |
| 1981 | 97 | #1,304 |
| 1980 | 98 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | 99 | #1,283 |
| 1978 | 78 | #1,461 |
| 1977 | 100 | #1,214 |
| 1976 | 93 | #1,216 |
| 1975 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 116 | #1,033 |
| 1973 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1972 | 121 | #988 |
| 1971 | 133 | #957 |
| 1970 | 159 | #848 |
| 1969 | 142 | #881 |
| 1968 | 156 | #811 |
| 1967 | 175 | #738 |
| 1966 | 220 | #648 |
| 1965 | 259 | #596 |
| 1964 | 297 | #571 |
| 1963 | 296 | #571 |
| 1962 | 322 | #546 |
| 1961 | 323 | #548 |
| 1960 | 421 | #480 |
| 1959 | 425 | #466 |
| 1958 | 495 | #420 |
| 1957 | 525 | #401 |
| 1956 | 553 | #375 |
| 1955 | 630 | #340 |
| 1954 | 691 | #322 |
| 1953 | 752 | #299 |
| 1952 | 814 | #285 |
| 1951 | 808 | #276 |
| 1950 | 929 | #247 |
| 1949 | 984 | #237 |
| 1948 | 1,091 | #222 |
| 1947 | 1,124 | #224 |
| 1946 | 1,088 | #215 |
| 1945 | 1,072 | #191 |
| 1944 | 1,186 | #185 |
| 1943 | 1,218 | #183 |
| 1942 | 1,362 | #171 |
| 1941 | 1,364 | #163 |
| 1940 | 1,292 | #163 |
| 1939 | 1,292 | #163 |
| 1938 | 1,443 | #153 |
| 1937 | 1,497 | #148 |
| 1936 | 1,504 | #143 |
| 1935 | 1,603 | #136 |
| 1934 | 1,708 | #132 |
| 1933 | 1,675 | #130 |
| 1932 | 1,918 | #125 |
| 1931 | 1,765 | #130 |
| 1930 | 1,890 | #128 |
| 1929 | 2,028 | #121 |
| 1928 | 2,128 | #121 |
| 1927 | 2,501 | #113 |
| 1926 | 2,498 | #109 |
| 1925 | 2,816 | #100 |
| 1924 | 2,600 | #109 |
| 1923 | 2,602 | #106 |
| 1922 | 2,748 | #103 |
| 1921 | 2,703 | #105 |
| 1920 | 2,902 | #96 |
| 1919 | 2,856 | #95 |
| 1918 | 2,610 | #100 |
| 1917 | 2,572 | #94 |
| 1916 | 2,556 | #93 |
| 1915 | 2,434 | #91 |
| 1914 | 2,193 | #78 |
| 1913 | 1,868 | #75 |
| 1912 | 1,915 | #70 |
| 1911 | 1,552 | #65 |
| 1910 | 1,687 | #60 |
| 1909 | 1,407 | #59 |
| 1908 | 1,364 | #60 |
| 1907 | 1,319 | #59 |
| 1906 | 1,325 | #55 |
| 1905 | 1,371 | #55 |
| 1904 | 1,362 | #52 |
| 1903 | 1,278 | #51 |
| 1902 | 1,353 | #51 |
| 1901 | 1,224 | #50 |
| 1900 | 1,834 | #44 |
| 1899 | 1,171 | #48 |
| 1898 | 1,314 | #50 |
| 1897 | 1,181 | #53 |
| 1896 | 1,288 | #49 |
| 1895 | 1,276 | #51 |
| 1894 | 1,238 | #49 |
| 1893 | 1,257 | #47 |
| 1892 | 1,303 | #44 |
| 1891 | 1,165 | #46 |
| 1890 | 1,256 | #42 |
| 1889 | 1,173 | #44 |
| 1888 | 1,268 | #39 |
| 1887 | 1,031 | #40 |
| 1886 | 1,044 | #39 |
| 1885 | 1,014 | #35 |
| 1884 | 1,007 | #31 |
| 1883 | 883 | #30 |
| 1882 | 966 | #25 |
| 1881 | 754 | #29 |
| 1880 | 704 | #29 |
Names like Mattie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hattie, Lottie, Millie, Marie, Annie, Elsie, Alice, Nellie, Winnie, Louise, Maggie, Goldie
Other spellings of Mattie
Names related to Mattie
Matthew, Matteo, Mateo, Matei, Mattia, Maite, Mattea, Matea, Mati, Matia
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles
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, “Mattie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mattie, updated 20 October 2026.