Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mat” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mat” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mat” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mat” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mat” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mat” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mat” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mat” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 15 0.000077846 15 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 -100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 -100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 -100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 18 0.000007818 18 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%

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