Mattie

Meaning: Might, strength in battle
Origin: Variant of Matilda (from Germanic)

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.

Famous Matties

Mattie Edwards Hewitt — American architectural and landscape photographer (1869–1956)
Mattie Do — Laotian-American film director
Mattie Rogers — Olympic Weightlifter
Mattie Silks — American madam
Mattie Parker — Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, United States

In stories & tradition

Mattie Franklin — Marvel Comics
Mattie Ross — True Grit (book)

What Matties become

Among 93 notable people named Mattie:

Entertainers appear 1.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mattie Do, Laotian-American film director.

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

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