Matt · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 146 recorded years as a table

Matt, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	371
1881	288
1882	229
1883	373
1884	481
1885	380
1886	244
1887	335
1888	356
1889	298
1890	252
1891	267
1892	246
1893	267
1894	199
1895	221
1896	234
1897	177
1898	196
1899	198
1900	206
1901	197
1902	220
1903	226
1904	187
1905	181
1906	188
1907	150
1908	123
1909	195
1910	139
1911	177
1912	126
1913	117
1914	157
1915	125
1916	118
1917	123
1918	126
1919	103
1920	88
1921	94
1922	93
1923	81
1924	82
1925	78
1926	68
1927	65
1928	60
1929	60
1930	65
1931	57
1932	56
1933	55
1934	58
1935	57
1936	64
1937	46
1938	51
1939	48
1940	57
1941	45
1942	54
1943	44
1944	45
1945	45
1946	47
1947	43
1948	50
1949	43
1950	42
1951	49
1952	41
1953	55
1954	68
1955	95
1956	175
1957	264
1958	427
1959	457
1960	412
1961	418
1962	414
1963	446
1964	443
1965	430
1966	408
1967	405
1968	450
1969	447
1970	398
1971	455
1972	363
1973	322
1974	254
1975	261
1976	217
1977	178
1978	143
1979	148
1980	132
1981	111
1982	109
1983	126
1984	99
1985	90
1986	89
1987	72
1988	76
1989	52
1990	45
1991	41
1992	44
1993	31
1994	35
1995	26
1996	27
1997	30
1998	29
1999	36
2000	24
2001	27
2002	30
2003	28
2004	23
2005	20
2006	33
2007	30
2008	33
2009	30
2010	27
2011	23
2012	30
2013	25
2014	32
2015	30
2016	31
2017	39
2018	23
2019	22
2020	21
2021	21
2022	19
2023	27
2024	27
2025	17

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Matt 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.

More like it

More like Matt

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 29
Rank in 2025: #3,757
How rare: 1 in 58,899 boys
Since 1880: 23,887

Most popular in 1884, at 481 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 43% per million boys born.

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