Matty

#5,845 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Gift of YHWH (the Lord), through Matthew

Matty has been given to 930 babies in the U.S. since 1904. In 2025 it ranked #5,845 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 28 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% girls, 18% boys all-time.

Babies named Matty, 2025

1 in 158,000

Matty over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Matty over time

In 2025, Matty went to 68% girls and 32% boys.

19042025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Matty: meaning, origin, and history

Gift of YHWH (the Lord), through Matthew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Matty means

Matty belongs to the name family reached through Matty → Matthew → Matthaeus. Its meaning is “gift of YHWH (the Lord)”.

Origin, language, and formation

Matty is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Matthew, Mattie and Matthaeus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 759 girls were recorded with the name Matty between 1904 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,641 in 1905.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,712 in 2020 to #5,845 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,166 in 2015 to #5,845 in 2025.

In the United States, 171 boys were recorded with the name Matty between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1919; its best national rank was #2,759 in 1957.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,466 in 2015 to #8,021 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Matty?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 76,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,845
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Matty sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Matty. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mattys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Matty was born before 2005 — so the typical Matty is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
664
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Choose a decade

2000s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (183).

Is Matty rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,500
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,133
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+321
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.0%
Peak was 2020 (28)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,641
1905

Spellings of Matty

Matty is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 65.1% against Matty's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Matty is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Matty was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 57,369 across all states with data.

22 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Matty has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Matty is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Matty was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,903,406 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Matty has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Matty around the world

Where Matty ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2022
    #5,670
    in 2022
  • France
    1996–2022
    #7,003
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1986–1986
    #667
    in 1986

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Matty by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,845
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,133
Best rank ever
#1,641
1905
Peak year
2020
28 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
759
Count in 2025
21

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,021
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,759
1957
Peak year
1919
10 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
171
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Matty

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Matty

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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