Matie
Feminine · “a pet form of Martha or Matilda”
Matie is the one-t spelling of Mattie, a pet form that American families put on birth records as a full name. It is two quick syllables, and it has shared its sound with the word mate, a companion, for as long as both have existed.
How old is the name Matie?
Matie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Matie alive today was born around 1897, making them about 128 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Matie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Matie most popular?
Matie peaked in 1880, reaching #367 nationally. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Martha or Matilda to Matie
The story of Matie
Mattie and its spellings were everyday American pet forms, and the best-known Mattie in American fiction came later: Mattie Ross, the fourteen-year-old narrator of Charles Portis's True Grit, who hires a marshal to hunt her father's killer. The word the name sounds like has its own quiet history. Mate came into English from Low German, where a gemate was one who shared your meat, a messmate at the same table, before it meant a friend, a partner or a ship's officer.
Meaningscholars disagree
a pet form of Martha or Matilda
Matie and Mattie were used for Martha, Aramaic for lady, and for Matilda, Germanic for strength in battle, and a family's choice is not recoverable from the record.
How the name formed
- Martha or Matilda
- Mattie
- Matie
Related forms: Mattie
Pronouncing Matie
MAT-ee
Usually said like Mattie. With one t, some readers will say MAY-tee, the way English reads a vowel before a single consonant.
Nicknames for Matie
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 188426 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #367reached in 1880
- Change vs 1934
- 0.0%5 in 2009, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Matie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mattie in English — spelling variant
Maties among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Matie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Matie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is warm and simple, with a long history as a pet form.
- It connects to a famous and admired heroine of American fiction.
- The single t invites MAY-tee, and the spelling will be corrected to Mattie.
- It sounds like matey, the friendly word for a pal, which may bring some teasing.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maties are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Matie are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Matie in 2025?
- Matie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Matie with classmates?
- Matie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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