Matti

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A few things about Matti you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Matti

Matti Järvinen

Athletics competitor (1909-1985)

Choose Matti and your child shares a first name with Matti Järvinen, an athletics competitor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Matti, like who?” Matti Järvinen's Wikipedia article is available in 32 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 161,290 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Matti, 10 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Matti would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMatti first shows up in US birth records in 1975, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 50 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2008, when it reached #4,448.
• 🍂TrendMatti has slipped 1,898 places over the last five years and now sits at #9,457. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Matti

Matti is a girl name of English origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-tti”. US birth records list Matti for girls from 1980 to 2025, in 44 of those 46 years. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked #4,448 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #9,457, with 10 babies.

Origin:English names