Mat
Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 794since 1880
Mat over time
Rank among boys' names. Mat has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #521 | 13 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #442 | 15 |
| 1880 | #442 | 16 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mat was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mat
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #685)
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1896 (#685 → #1,101)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #442 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1890
- Highest: 1 in 6,716 boys born in 1881 were named Mat (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #442 in 1880, was only 1 in 6,906 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.2% of all boys named Mat (129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #442 (1880) | #590 |
| 1890s | 64 | #685 (1895) | #876 |
| 1900s | 37 | #794 (1902) | #1,025 |
| 1910s | 120 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,855 |
| 1920s | 129 | #1,874 (1923) | #2,370 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,207 (1931) | #3,040 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,712 (1942) | #3,185 |
| 1950s | 55 | #1,974 (1959) | #2,934 |
| 1960s | 109 | #2,109 (1968) | #2,435 |
| 1970s | 58 | #3,071 (1970) | #3,872 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,523 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,451 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mat in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
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101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 12,676 of them was named Mat, which outranked 36.4% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).