Matt
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
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.
Matt is also given to girls.
Pronounced MAT.
As of October 2026, Matt ranked #9099 in US births in 1972 SSA.
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" CzuchryBoy
American actor
- Matthew Raymond "Matt" DillonBoy
American actor
- Matthew Paige "Matt" DamonBoy
American actor
- Matthew Steven "Matt" LeBlancBoy
American actor
- Matthew Robert "Matt" SmithBoy
English actor
- Matthew "Matt" CasselBoy
American football player
- Matthew "Matt" KensethBoy
American NASCAR driver
- William Matthew "Matt" NoveskeyBoy
American musician
- Matthew "Matt" FlynnBoy
American drummer
- Matthew Abram "Matt" GroeningBoy
American cartoonist
- Matthew Staton "Matt" BomerBoy
American actor
- Matthew "Matt" MartinBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Matthew "Matt" McGorryBoy
American actor
- Matthew James "Matt" Shively JrBoy
American actor
- Matthew Joseph "Matt" CahillBoy
English singer
- Matthew James "Matt" DucheneBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Mathew James "Matt" WillisBoy
bassist of British band Busted
- Matt CorboyBoy
American actor
- Matt SohinkiBoy
American YouTuber and member of Smosh Games
- Matthew "Matt" MeeseBoy
American actor and co,creator of YouTube sketch comedy show Studio C
- Matthew "Matt" Thomas CainBoy
former San Francisco Giants baseball pitcher
- Matthew "Matt" PhillipsBoy
Scottish professional footballer
- Matt LintzBoy
American actor
- Matt WalshBoy
American commentator
Matt in pop culture
- Matthew "Matt" DillonBoy
character on "Gunsmoke" portrayed by James Arness
- Matt MandigoBoy
character in short story "Earth Inherited" by author Justine Avery
- Matt QuinlanBoy
main character on TV's "Cyberchase"
- Matt CamdenBoy
character on TV's "Seventh Heaven"
- Matt EngardeBoy
character in Ace Attorney video game series
- Matt McNamaraBoy
character on TV's "Nip/Tuck"
- Matt DraytonBoy
character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
- Matt DonovanBoy
character in The Vampire Diaries series
- Matt James HallowellBoy
character in "The Sign of the Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare
- Matteo "Matt" AlacránBoy
character in "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
- Dr Matt CrowerBoy
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- MattBoy
nickname of Yamato Ishida in the English dub of the anime "Digimon Adventure"
- Matt the Radar TechnicianBoy
alter ego of Kylo Ren on Saturday Night Live
- Matthew "Matt" HoltBoy
character in Voltron: Legendary Defender.