Matty
Matty is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Medieval English.
- English
- Medieval English
Meaning & Origin of Matty
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Matty is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Medieval English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Medieval English
The Story of Matty
As a girl name
Matty first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1904, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 28 births, good for #4,647 nationwide. About 24% of every Matty on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Matty ranks #9,414 for girls with 8 births, falling sharply (-31%). All told, over 755 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Matty first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 10 births, good for #2,665 nationwide. About 26% of every Matty on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Matty last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 161 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Matty
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Matty. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Matty
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About the name Matty
Matty is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 755 births in the dataset. Matty's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #1,538. Use the chart and map above to compare Matty's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.