Mattie

Meaning: Might in battle
Origin: Germanic — Short form of Matilda or Martha

Girl's name · #1005 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Mattie belongs to an older America first — it reached #25 back in 1882 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1005. About 133,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Mattie ran 3–11× its national rate in Mississippi, Alabama and neighboring states.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Mattie ranks in other countries and regions.

#3,478 in Canada (2025) · #5,670 in England & Wales (2022) · #6,344 in France (2015).

Famous Matties

Mattie Do — Laotian film director (born 1981)
Mattie Parker — Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, United States (born 1983)
Mattie Moss Clark — American singer (1925–1994)
Mattie Rogers — American weightlifter (born 1995)
Mattie Rose Lubchansky — American cartoonist and illustrator (born 2000)

In stories & tradition

Mattie Franklin — Mattie Franklin, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe
Mattie Ross — Main character and narrator of Charles Portis's novel True Grit

What Matties become

Among 93 notable people named Mattie:

Entertainers appear 1.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mattie Do, Laotian film director (born 1981).

Similar names: Matilda · Addie · Mazie · Hattie · Edith · Lottie

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