Boys' name · since 1986
Mats
83 babies named Mats in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 83
- total births
- 1986–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Mats sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 83 recorded since 1986.
Mats has 83 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2018.
- 83 total births
- 1986–2018 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mats's 83 recorded births place it above 59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mats's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mats's SSA record in two at 2006 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 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mats popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2018
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Mats by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mats's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Mats births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 39 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Mats's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2010s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1986–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mats: Baby Name Since 1986 - 83 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mats. 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 Mats 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.