Matty
Boy · MAT-ee · Hebrew
Matty is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Matty mean?
Hebrew: 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.
- Say it
- MAT-ee
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Is Matty a girl's or a boy's name?
Matty is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Matty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Matty, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Matty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 27% of the babies named Matty in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Matty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Matty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Matty, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904. 10 boys were also named Matty in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Matty than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Matty in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Matty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Matty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
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