Matt

Where Matt comes from

The dictionaries list Matt as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Matthew — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #262 among boys — 41 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1884
    Peak, #227
    55 babies named Matt — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #325.
  4. 1967
    Matt LeBlanc born
    American actor
  5. 1970
    Matt Damon born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Matthias.
Namesakes
  • Matt Damon · American actor, born 1970
  • Matt LeBlanc · American actor, born 1967
  • Matt Groening · American cartoonist, born 1954
  • Matt Dillon · American actor, born 1964
  • Matt Busby · Scottish football player and manager, 1909–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.