first name
MATT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 110,480 people named Matt, 89.5% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
What should your name go on next?
Thanks! We'll make the most-wanted one next.
Matt peaked in 1959, when 975 babies got the name.
At least 23,892 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Matt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #585. The largest share of babies named Matt, 36.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Matt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Matt has been most common in Idaho (2.5×), Utah (2.4×), and Oregon (2.4×), and least common in South Carolina (0.16×).
18,136 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Matt
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Matt, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Matt ranks #8,076 of 156,621, with 3,931 people. See Matt as a last name
Compare
🔎 MATT 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1 in 2,734 Americans Rarer than 58.8% of us Peaked in 1959 with 975 babies Beat that 👇 https://howrareismy.name/first/matt/