# Matty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 930 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 171 / 759 (82% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 198, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,487 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,044 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8,032 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,794 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,168 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,821 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,719 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,978 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,337 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,714 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,322 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,384 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,324 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,350 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,846 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 6 | 4,031 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,587 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,347 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,548 |
| 1957 | 10 | 2,760 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,861 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3,245 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,351 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,471 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,445 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,656 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,746 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,757 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,555 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,025 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 1,724 |
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Matty

- Matty James, English association football player (born 1991)
- Matty Lee, British diver
- Matty Beniers, American ice hockey player
- Matty Kemp, actor (1907-1999)
- Matty Willock, English association football player
- Matty Matthews, American boxer (1873–1948)
- Matty Lewis, Co-lead singer/rhythm guitarist for Zebrahead
- Matty Pearson, English association football player
- Matty Taylor, English association football player (born 1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.