Unisex name · since 1904
Matty
Matty has 759 recorded births since 1904 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,742 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1904
- 2000s
- peak decade
Matty currently ranks #5742 among unisex names in America, with 759 babies recorded since 1904.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matty has been recorded 759 times among girls since 1904, currently ranked #5742 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 2025.
- #9,055 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,742 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 759 born since 1904
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Matty ranks #9,055 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,742 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 759 born since 1904, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,742 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1904
- 2000s
- peak decade
Matty's 759 recorded births place it above 87.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Matty compares
759 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Matty's all-time total is 102% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Matty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 759 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Matty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Matty splits its recorded history at 1995: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1904 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Matty popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 122 years of records
Matty popularity over time - boys
171 total births recorded since 1915 (Matty as boys' name)
Matty by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (183 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Matty's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Matty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 35
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 20
1930s
20 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1980s 72
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
177 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 183 births (24% of all-time use).
How Matty 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 Matty's total volume
Matty by state
Where Matty concentrates geographically, total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 218 | 28.7% |
218 of 759 births nationwide.
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What to do with Matty's data
- Matty's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (183 total births) through the 2020s (117) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Mattys (218 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Matty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~121 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, 1904–2025 (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 Matty 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.