How Many People Are Named Matt?
people named Matt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,731 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,892 babies named Matt in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
975 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 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 Matt in English. Counting Matt and these spellings together, about 17,539 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Matt in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Matt alive today is about 54 years old, and 50% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Matt first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 975 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Matt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #230, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #3,817.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,817 |
| Best rank | #230 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #271 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Matt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Matt were born in California than in any other state: about 2,607 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Matt was given 2.8 times as often in Utah, 2.7 times in Idaho and 2.4 times in Oregon.
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