Matther
Matther was last recorded in 1988, when 8 babies were given it; 69 Americans have been recorded with it between 1973 and 1988 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Matther by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Matther?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #5,535, in 1988; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
12 babies in 1985, the peak
Matther peaked in 1985, when 12 boys were given it, #3,720 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 8 | #5,535 | 4.2 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,717 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,720 | 6.5 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,110 | 5.5 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,938 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,852 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,901 | 2.8 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,998 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,881 | 3.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Matther a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Matther has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 9 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Matther: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Matther, and how old are they?
An estimated 64 Americans named Matther and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 172 people named Matther (0 women and girls, 172 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 66 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).