# Matt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mæt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,892 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,887 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 692, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | 9,099 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,727 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,315 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,583 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,224 |
| 2015 | 57 | 2,318 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,268 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,994 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,873 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,087 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,111 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,221 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,444 |
| 2023 | 46 | 2,787 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,818 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,818 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 1,407 |
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Matt

- Matt Damon, American actor (born 1970)
- Matt LeBlanc, American actor
- Matt Groening, American cartoonist (born 1954)
- Matt Dillon, American actor
- Matt Dallas, American actor
- Matt Frewer, American actor
- Matt K. Miller, American actor
- Matt Lanter, American actor
- Matt Turner, American soccer player
- Matt Reeves, American film writer, director and producer
- Matt Le Tissier, English footballer (born 1968)
- Matt Cardona, American professional wrestler

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.