Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mettie

#6,917 most common girls' name of all time · #11,637 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–1948

Rank among girls
#6,917
Rank overall
#11,637 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,031
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,413
Best rank
#485 1880
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1880190019201940

Mettie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1948 5 — 5 #5,246
1946 6 — 6 #4,421
1945 9 — 9 #3,137
1944 10 — 10 #2,950
1943 11 — 11 #2,863
1942 7 — 7 #3,740
1941 8 — 8 #3,254
1940 11 — 11 #2,576
1939 10 — 10 #2,740
1938 9 — 9 #2,945
1937 9 — 9 #2,942
1936 10 — 10 #2,692
1935 10 — 10 #2,733
1934 11 — 11 #2,568
1933 13 — 13 #2,277
1932 13 — 13 #2,366
1931 13 — 13 #2,308
1930 16 — 16 #2,111
1929 12 — 12 #2,592
1928 23 — 23 #1,739
1927 16 — 16 #2,261
1926 19 — 19 #1,997
1925 19 — 19 #2,020
1924 18 — 18 #2,138
1923 18 — 18 #2,092
1922 27 — 27 #1,611
1921 11 — 11 #2,941
1920 17 — 17 #2,172
1919 21 — 21 #1,802
1918 30 — 30 #1,413
1917 17 — 17 #1,996
1916 17 — 17 #1,949
1915 17 — 17 #1,883
1914 11 — 11 #2,127
1913 16 — 16 #1,465
1912 17 — 17 #1,297
1911 10 — 10 #1,546
1910 18 — 18 #1,031
1909 27 — 27 #776
1908 17 — 17 #972
1907 18 — 18 #901
1906 13 — 13 #1,047
1905 12 — 12 #1,095
1904 9 — 9 #1,255
1903 17 — 17 #840
1902 11 — 11 #1,075
1901 21 — 21 #702
1900 20 — 20 #835
1899 12 — 12 #937
1898 18 — 18 #792
1897 17 — 17 #765
1896 22 — 22 #670
1895 27 — 27 #582
1894 16 — 16 #747
1893 16 — 16 #740
1892 22 — 22 #597
1891 27 — 27 #502
1890 25 — 25 #528
1889 13 — 13 #725
1888 17 — 17 #615
1887 16 — 16 #567
1886 15 — 15 #578
1885 14 — 14 #582
1884 11 — 11 #645
1883 11 — 11 #587
1882 8 — 8 #679
1881 11 — 11 #510
1880 13 — 13 #485