Mattie
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Mattie
Mattie, which might be a short form of Martha, Matilda, or even Madeline, ranked among the Top 100 names for girls in the 1880s and in fact, has held a place among the Top 1000 for most of U.S. naming history. It fell off the popularity charts in 2015 and makes a cute, tomboyish option.
Mattie for girls#1005 US
A literary choice, it appears in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.
Mattie for boys
Mattie ranked among the Top 1000 for boys a century ago, in the heyday of the nickname-name. Today, few parents would dream of putting it on the birth certificate, preferring it as a short form for the perennially-popular Matthew. Mattie is in the Top 1000 in the U.S. for girls.
Pronounced MAT-ee.
As of October 2026, Mattie ranked #1005 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #25 in 1882.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #922 | 292 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,001 | 270 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,028 | 258 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,055 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,060 | 242 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,106 | 222 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,048 | 239 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,069 | 235 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,050 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,042 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,057 | 235 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,005 | 249 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Mattie for girls
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- Matheson "Mattie" SpillaneGirl
King Philip Middle School student
- Mattie Moss ClarkGirl
American gospel singer and mother of the Clark Sisters
- Mattie BlaylockGirl
companion of American lawman Wyatt Earp
- Mattie McDonaghBoy
Irish Gaelic footballer
- Mattie J.T. StepanekBoy
American poet and activist
- Mattie McGrathBoy
Irish TD for Tipperary South
Mattie in pop culture
- MattieGirl
Fae Aiken, character in "August: Osage County"
- Mattie StorinGirl
character on TV's "House of Cards"
- Mattie Franklin aka SpiderGirl
Woman, Marvel Comics character
- Mattie SilverGirl
character in "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton
- Matilda "Mattie" CookGirl
character in "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Mattie RossGirl
character in "True Grit"
- Mathilda "Mattie" GokeyGirl
the protagonist in "A Northern Light" by Jennifer Donnelly
- MattieGirl
character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"