Matt
Matt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 46 births. Its best rank was 230th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 460.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959975 births
- Best rank
- #230in 1884
- Since 1880
- 23,861people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,861 boys have been named Matt in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 975 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 110 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Matt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 368 | |
| 1890s | 257 | |
| 1900s | 252 | |
| 1910s | 838 | |
| 1920s | 848 | |
| 1930s | 587 | |
| 1940s | 697 | |
| 1950s | 3,513 | |
| 1960s | 8,226 | |
| 1970s | 4,565 | |
| 1980s | 1,751 | |
| 1990s | 673 | |
| 2000s | 558 | |
| 2010s | 528 | |
| 2020s | 200 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Matt was the 256th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Matt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thadpeak 1967
- Bartpeak 1959
- Toneypeak 1961
- Careypeak 1957
- Richpeak 1962
- Hanspeak 1970
- Cliffpeak 1959
- Carypeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.