Mettie

Girl · recorded 1880–1948

  • 1948last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mettie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07314618801897191419311948

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Mettie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880143
1881120
188274
188398
188485
1885105
1886104
1887110
188895
188973
1890131
1891146
1892104
189375
189472
1895116
189692
189773
189870
189951
190067
190188
190242
190365
190433
190541
190644
190757
190851
190978
191045
191124
191230
191326
191414
191517
191616
191716
191826
191919
192014
19219
192222
192315
192414
192516
192616
192713
192820
192911
193014
193112
193212
193313
193411
193510
193610
19378
19388
19399
194010
19417
19425
19438
19448
19457
19464
19483

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mettie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Mettie

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1948
5
Rank in 1948
#5,243
How rare
1 in 339,581 girls
Since 1880
1,031

Mettie was last recorded in 1948. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 146 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mettie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.