How Many People Are Named Mat?
people named Mat are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,575,045 people in the US has this name
Based on 794 babies named Mat in Social Security records from 1880 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MATTHEW.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mat in English. Counting Mat and these spellings together, about 17,539 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mat in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mat alive today is about 59 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mat first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 21 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2013
🏆 Rank History
Mat has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #453, in 1881.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #453 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,352 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mat alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mat were born in California than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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