Recorded 1880–2009 Girls' name Peak 1884 579 births

Matie — girls' name

579 babies named Matie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1884. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s1641890s1551900s681910s1021920s741930s112000s5
1880s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Matie was born in this single decade.

1884
Single peak year

26 babies were named Matie in 1884 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Matie

The Social Security Administration has registered 579 babies named Matie between 1880 and 2009, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Matie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1884, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Matie performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Matie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Matie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 579 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Matie at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

579

Since 1880

130 years of records

Peak year

1884

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1880s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1880

Recorded for 130 years

Last year on file: 2009

Matie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1880

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1884)
26
Annual births at peak — across 130 years of records
051015202530 200919241918191219041897189118851880 20

Matie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1880s
Peak decade
1880s
164 births that decade — 28% of Matie's all-time total
1880s1641890s1551900s681910s1021920s741930s112000s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Matie?
579 babies have been named Matie since 1880. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1884 with 26 births.
When was Matie most popular?
Matie was most popular in the 1880s decade with 164 total births. The single peak year was 1884.
How long has the name Matie been used?
Matie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 130 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Matie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mattie, Matilda, Mathilda, Matthew, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.