Boys' name · since 1975
Mathan
Mathan has 159 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 159
- total births
- 1975–2023
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
Mathan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 159 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Mathan recorded 159 times among boys since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2023.
- 159 total births
- 1975–2023 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mathan's 159 recorded births place it above 68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mathan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mathan's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mathan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2023
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Mathan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mathan's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Mathan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 54 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Mathan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mathan: Baby Name Since 1975 - 159 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mathan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mathan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.