Matt
About Matt
Still one of the most appealing short forms, which goes a long way toward explaining the sustained popularity of Matthew. Matt is perennially the popular guy in high school, friendly, attractive, and comfortable with a baseball. Matty or Mattie are cute for a younger boy.
Pronounced MAT.
As of October 2026, Matt ranked #3818 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #230 in 1884.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,224 | 61 | 31.8 |
| 2015 | #2,318 | 57 | 29.7 |
| 2016 | #2,268 | 59 | 31.1 |
| 2017 | #1,994 | 72 | 38.9 |
| 2018 | #2,871 | 42 | 23.1 |
| 2019 | #3,086 | 39 | 21.7 |
| 2020 | #3,110 | 37 | 21.4 |
| 2021 | #3,218 | 37 | 21.1 |
| 2022 | #3,444 | 34 | 19.5 |
| 2023 | #2,785 | 46 | 26.9 |
| 2024 | #2,810 | 46 | 26.7 |
| 2025 | #3,818 | 29 | 17 |
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Matt on lists
Famous Matts
- Matthew Charles "Matt" Czuchry
American actor
- Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon
American actor
- Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon
American actor
- Matthew Steven "Matt" LeBlanc
American actor
- Matthew Robert "Matt" Smith
English actor
- Matthew "Matt" Cassel
American football player
- Matthew "Matt" Kenseth
American NASCAR driver
- William Matthew "Matt" Noveskey
American musician
- Matthew "Matt" Flynn
American drummer
- Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening
American cartoonist
- Matthew Staton "Matt" Bomer
American actor
- Matthew "Matt" Martin
Canadian ice hockey player
- Matthew "Matt" McGorry
American actor
- Matthew James "Matt" Shively Jr
American actor
- Matthew Joseph "Matt" Cahill
English singer
- Matthew James "Matt" Duchene
Canadian ice hockey player
- Mathew James "Matt" Willis
bassist of British band Busted
- Matt Corboy
American actor
- Matt Sohinki
American YouTuber and member of Smosh Games
- Matthew "Matt" Meese
American actor and co,creator of YouTube sketch comedy show Studio C
- Matthew "Matt" Thomas Cain
former San Francisco Giants baseball pitcher
- Matthew "Matt" Phillips
Scottish professional footballer
- Matt Lintz
American actor
- Matt Walsh
American commentator
Matt in pop culture
- Matthew "Matt" Dillon
character on "Gunsmoke" portrayed by James Arness
- Matt Mandigo
character in short story "Earth Inherited" by author Justine Avery
- Matt Quinlan
main character on TV's "Cyberchase"
- Matt Camden
character on TV's "Seventh Heaven"
- Matt Engarde
character in Ace Attorney video game series
- Matt McNamara
character on TV's "Nip/Tuck"
- Matt Drayton
character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
- Matt Donovan
character in The Vampire Diaries series
- Matt James Hallowell
character in "The Sign of the Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare
- Matteo "Matt" Alacrán
character in "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
- Dr Matt Crower
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- Matt
nickname of Yamato Ishida in the English dub of the anime "Digimon Adventure"
- Matt the Radar Technician
alter ego of Kylo Ren on Saturday Night Live
- Matthew "Matt" Holt
character in Voltron: Legendary Defender.