Girls' name · since 1880
Mattie
Mattie has 133,079 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 133,079
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
133,079 babies have been named Mattie since 1880, making it today's #1004 girls' name.
Mattie has 133,079 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1004 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #305 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,004 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 133,079 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mattie ranks #305 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,004 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 133,079 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #305 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,004 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 133,079
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mattie's 133,079 recorded births place it above 99.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Mattie compares
133,079 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mattie's all-time total is 354x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mattie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 133,079 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,902 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mattie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mattie's full recorded timeline at 1953, 14% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 86% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 78 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 2,902 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mattie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1920)
- 2,902
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Mattie popularity over time - boys
780 total births recorded since 1880 (Mattie as boys' name)
Mattie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (25,526 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Mattie's strongest decade.
25,526 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Mattie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 9,844
1880s
9,844 births
- 1890s
1890s
12,449 births
- 1900s
1900s
13,837 births
- 1910s
1910s
22,243 births
- 1920s
1920s
25,526 births
- 1930s
1930s
16,295 births
- 1940s
1940s
11,781 births
- 1950s 6,622
1950s
6,622 births
- 1960s 2,611
1960s
2,611 births
- 1970s 1,118
1970s
1,118 births
- 1980s 1,297
1980s
1,297 births
- 1990s 2,045
1990s
2,045 births
- 2000s 3,348
2000s
3,348 births
- 2010s 2,615
2010s
2,615 births
- 2020s 1,448
2020s
1,448 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 25,526 births (19% of all-time use).
How Mattie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mattie's total volume
Mattie by state
Where Mattie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 14,465 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 12,010 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 9,503 | 7.1% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 7,523 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 7,457 | 5.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 6,905 | 5.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 6,485 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 3,877 | 2.9% |
14,465 of 133,079 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Mattie appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mattie's data
- Mattie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (25,526 total births); usage has since declined to 1,448 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Matties (14,465 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mattie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mattie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.