Matty

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

⭐ Famous Matty

Matty Cash

Polish-English association football player

Choose Matty and your child shares a first name with Matty Cash, a Polish-English association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Matty, like who?” Matty Cash's Wikipedia article is available in 37 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 76,336 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Matty, 21 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Matty would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMatty first shows up in US birth records in 1904, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 121 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1905, when it ranked #1,538. Today it's #5,722, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendMatty has slipped 1,074 places over the last five years and now sits at #5,722. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlMatty is given to both boys and girls: 68% of the 31 babies named Matty in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Matty

Matty is a gender-neutral name of English, French and German origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-tty”. US birth records list Matty for girls from 1904 to 2025, in 61 of those 122 years. Its best year was 1905, when it ranked #1,538 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #5,722, with 21 babies. Of the 31 US babies named Matty in 2025, 68% were girls and 32% were boys.

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