Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Matt

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Matt
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

975

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

All-time

23,861

Matt once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 975 boys were named Matt.

In 2024, only 46 boys were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 23,861 Americans have been named Matt and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

1959975 boys named Matt

202446 boys named Matt

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