first name
MATTIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,503 people named Mattie, 49% reported their origin as Black, 45% as White and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mattie peaked in 1920, when 2,913 babies got the name.
At least 133,859 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mattie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #51. The largest share of babies named Mattie, 41.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mattie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mattie has been most common in Mississippi (8×), Alabama (7×), and Georgia (5.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.02×).
92,768 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mattie
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mattie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mattie ranks #22,906 of 156,621, with 1,148 people. See Mattie as a last name
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