Girls' name · since 1883
Mattye
Mattye has 543 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 543
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mattye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 543 have been recorded since 1883.
Mattye has 543 recorded births among girls since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1883 to 2001.
- #11,268 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 543 born since 1883
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mattye ranks #11,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 543 born since 1883, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 543
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mattye's 543 recorded births place it above 84.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Mattye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mattye splits its recorded history at 1925: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mattye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–2001
- Peak year (1925)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Mattye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (133 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Mattye's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Mattye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s 24
1890s
24 births
- 1900s 41
1900s
41 births
- 1910s
1910s
128 births
- 1920s
1920s
133 births
- 1930s
1930s
109 births
- 1940s
1940s
74 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 133 births (24% of all-time use).
How Mattye 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 Mattye's total volume
Mattye by state
Where Mattye concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 6 | 1.1% |
18 of 543 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Mattye's decade-level peak was the 1920s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mattyes (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Mattye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~118 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, 1883–2001 (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 Mattye 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.