Mat

Boy · recorded 1880–2013

  • 2013last recorded
  • 1881best year

Most popular in 1881.

Last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mat.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

07514918801913194719802013

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 82 recorded years as a table
Mat, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880145
1881149
1882106
188367
1884149
1885121
188699
188779
188883
188954
189072
189257
189362
189443
189585
189642
189744
189873
189975
190040
190273
190560
190748
190943
191031
191135
191219
191320
191414
191513
191615
191723
191819
191915
19208
192110
192212
192316
192412
192510
192612
192714
192812
192910
19305
193112
193210
193310
19345
19356
19386
19395
19405
19426
19434
19464
19473
19503
19543
19563
19575
19584
19598
19606
19617
19624
19635
19646
19655
19678
19689
19696
19705
19715
19726
19745
19754
19766
19793
19853
20103
20133

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mat isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2013
5
Rank in 2013
#12,136
How rare
1 in 378,316 boys
Since 1880
794

Mat was last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1881, at 149 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mat doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.