Matt
Matt was given to 29 boys in 2025, #3,817 among boys’ names; 23,892 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 17,100 Americans named Matt and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (72% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 49 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Matt by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Matt mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Matt is “a diminutive of the male given name Matthew.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Matthias.”
/mæt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Matt?
#3,817 among boys’ names, 2025
Matt fell from #2,317 in 2015 to #3,817 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 29.7 to 17.0 per million.
975 babies in 1959, the peak
Matt peaked in 1959, when 975 boys were given it, #256 among boys’ names. The 29 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,817 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,818 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,786 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,442 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,219 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,110 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,084 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,872 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 72 | #1,994 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,268 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | #2,317 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,222 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,581 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,314 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,726 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,455 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,220 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,049 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,178 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,002 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,736 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,437 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,067 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,904 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,016 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,112 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 69 | #1,584 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,804 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,742 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,773 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,766 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 67 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 60 | #1,529 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 87 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,214 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 105 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 145 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 135 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 163 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 167 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1984 | 178 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1983 | 226 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 197 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1981 | 198 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 236 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 255 | #531 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 234 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 293 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1976 | 340 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1975 | 408 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1974 | 400 | #387 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 502 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1972 | 588 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1971 | 805 | #266 | 0.46 |
| 1970 | 739 | #285 | 0.40 |
| 1969 | 799 | #263 | 0.45 |
| 1968 | 782 | #258 | 0.45 |
| 1967 | 707 | #275 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 727 | #271 | 0.41 |
| 1965 | 800 | #260 | 0.43 |
| 1964 | 882 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1963 | 906 | #253 | 0.45 |
| 1962 | 857 | #261 | 0.41 |
| 1961 | 888 | #266 | 0.42 |
| 1960 | 878 | #269 | 0.41 |
| 1959 | 975 | #256 | 0.46 |
| 1958 | 907 | #258 | 0.43 |
| 1957 | 569 | #321 | 0.26 |
| 1956 | 371 | #391 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 196 | #522 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 139 | #628 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 108 | #691 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 80 | #787 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 92 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 76 | #786 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 77 | #784 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 87 | #720 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 78 | #781 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 76 | #764 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 60 | #804 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 61 | #806 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 63 | #833 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 74 | #745 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 55 | #852 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 66 | #765 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 53 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 57 | #824 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 49 | #889 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 66 | #743 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 59 | #810 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 60 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 55 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 58 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 59 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 71 | #762 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 65 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 67 | #803 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 73 | #773 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 75 | #743 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 87 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 93 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 89 | #685 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 101 | #644 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 104 | #624 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 94 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 101 | #602 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 128 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 114 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 105 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 106 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 103 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 60 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 54 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 40 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 27 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 32 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 19 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 22 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 25 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1905 | 24 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 24 | #442 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 27 | #379 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 27 | #386 | 0.22 |
| 1901 | 21 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1900 | 31 | #409 | 0.21 |
| 1899 | 21 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1898 | 24 | #408 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 20 | #430 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 28 | #365 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 26 | #377 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 23 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1893 | 30 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1892 | 30 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 27 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1890 | 28 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1889 | 33 | #301 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 43 | #275 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 34 | #286 | 0.34 |
| 1886 | 27 | #328 | 0.24 |
| 1885 | 41 | #262 | 0.38 |
| 1884 | 55 | #230 | 0.48 |
| 1883 | 39 | #262 | 0.37 |
| 1882 | 26 | #351 | 0.23 |
| 1881 | 29 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1880 | 41 | #264 | 0.37 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Matt a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Matt has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Matt: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Matt, and how old are they?
17,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 72% of the 23,892 Americans ever recorded as Matt. The median Matt alive today is 58 years old; half are between 49 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 110,480 people named Matt (190 women and girls, 110,290 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 18,051 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Matt rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 212 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 875 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 601 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Matt born?
The states with the most babies named Matt are California, Texas and Illinois, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,173 | #2,370 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 1,665 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 1,152 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 1,110 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 1,051 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Indiana | 621 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 614 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 582 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 551 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 537 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Matt is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Matt is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Matt with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 24,686 babies since 1880, Matt is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 29 of their 29 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Matt
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Thad | 8,224 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Matt and names like it
- Compare Matt and MatBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMatt peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Matt since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Matt.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Matt alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.