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How popular is the name Motty?

Births per year, rank history and how many Motties are alive today.

Motty (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1492nd most popular that year. Motty is one spelling of a name also recorded as Matti and Motti; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Motty you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Motties born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Motty - on average, only one in every 1,010 such rooms contains a Motty.

How many babies are named Motty each year?

Includes all spellings: Motty, Matti, Motti. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01020200020201997: 32003: 42004: 112005: 32006: 52007: 72008: 92009: 152010: 42011: 102012: 162013: 152014: 102015: 42016: 92017: 72018: 122019: 112020: 212021: 212022: 162023: 212024: 202025: 17actual

Where does the Motty spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 2,8592004: ranked 3,0092008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 3,2272011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 2,2702013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 2,9642016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 2,2592019: ranked 2,4882020: ranked 1,4922021: ranked 1,8602022: ranked 2,0192023: ranked 2,1612024: ranked 1,7582025: ranked 2,133

Where does the Matti spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202004: ranked 3,0092005: ranked 3,8492006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 2,7752009: ranked 2,8372011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 4,8052019: ranked 4,7022021: ranked 3,990

Where does the Motti spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 3,6512009: ranked 3,7442010: ranked 3,8652011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 3,3152014: ranked 3,8952015: ranked 3,9082016: ranked 4,0232018: ranked 4,7492020: ranked 3,3342021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 3,4502023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 3,2552025: ranked 3,256

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Motty per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 21 in 2020
Motty: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Motty most popular?

Motty peaked in 2020, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Motty?

At least 300 people named Motty in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Motty?

Most living Motties are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 2.

Is Motty becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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