Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Matt” in the USA?

Number of people named “Matt” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Matt” 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 “Matt” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Matt” by birth year

This chart shows how “Matt” 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 41 0.00020349 41 -100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 -100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 -100%
1883 39 0.000179768 39 -100%
1884 55 0.000225909 55 -100%
1885 41 0.000170228 41 -100%
1886 27 0.000105751 27 -100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 -100%
1888 43 0.000143585 43 -100%
1889 33 0.000114208 33 -100%
1890 28 0.000092899 28 -100%
1891 27 0.000094184 27 -100%
1892 30 0.00008972 30 -100%
1893 30 0.000092244 30 -100%
1894 23 0.000067909 23 -100%
1895 26 0.00007407 26 -100%
1896 28 0.000078325 28 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 24 0.000062917 24 -100%
1899 21 0.000061904 21 -100%
1900 31 0.000068849 31 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 27 0.000069816 27 -100%
1903 27 0.000070829 27 -100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 -100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 -100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 -100%
1907 22 0.000047272 22 -100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 -100%
1909 32 0.000062595 32 -100%
1910 27 0.000045708 27 -100%
1911 40 0.000062085 40 -100%
1912 54 0.000054652 54 -100%
1913 60 0.000052765 60 -100%
1914 103 0.000072722 103 -100%
1915 106 0.000057847 106 -100%
1916 105 0.00005428 105 -100%
1917 114 0.000056808 114 -100%
1918 128 0.000058956 128 -100%
1919 101 0.000047862 101 -100%
1920 94 0.000041544 94 -100%
1921 104 0.000044549 104 -100%
1922 101 0.000044121 101 -100%
1923 89 0.000038654 89 -100%
1924 93 0.000039049 93 -100%
1925 87 0.000037286 87 -100%
1926 75 0.000032667 75 -100%
1927 73 0.000031474 73 -100%
1928 67 0.000029634 67 -100%
1929 65 0.000029651 65 -100%
1930 71 0.000031935 71 -100%
1931 59 0.000028037 59 -100%
1932 58 0.000027471 58 -100%
1933 55 0.000027508 55 -100%
1934 60 0.00002889 60 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 59 -100%
1936 66 0.000031768 66 -100%
1937 49 0.000022997 49 -100%
1938 57 0.000025762 57 -100%
1939 53 0.000024053 53 -100%
1940 66 0.000028662 66 -100%
1941 55 0.000022574 55 -100%
1942 74 0.000027088 74 -100%
1943 63 0.00002232 63 -100%
1944 61 0.000022676 61 -100%
1945 60 0.000022617 60 -100%
1946 76 0.000023785 76 -100%
1947 78 0.000021653 78 -100%
1948 87 0.000025199 87 -100%
1949 77 0.000022096 77 -100%
1950 76 0.000021693 76 -100%
1951 92 0.000024975 92 -100%
1952 80 0.000021064 80 -100%
1953 108 0.000028025 108 -100%
1954 139 0.000034918 139 -100%
1955 196 0.000048816 196 -100%
1956 371 0.000089982 371 -100%
1957 569 0.000135407 569 -100%
1958 907 0.000219405 907 -100%
1959 975 0.000234488 975 -100%
1960 878 0.000211372 878 -100%
1961 888 0.000214374 888 -100%
1962 857 0.000212372 857 -100%
1963 906 0.000228892 906 -100%
1964 882 0.000226875 882 -100%
1965 800 0.000220662 800 -100%
1966 727 0.000209169 727 -100%
1967 707 0.000208254 707 -100%
1968 782 0.00023147 782 -100%
1969 799 0.000229907 799 -100%
1970 739 0.000204907 739 -100%
1971 805 0.000234533 805 -100%
1972 593 0.000188674 5 588 -98%
1973 502 0.000166397 502 -100%
1974 400 0.000131579 400 -100%
1975 409 0.000135458 409 -100%
1976 340 0.000112052 340 -100%
1977 293 0.00009224 293 -100%
1978 234 0.000073727 234 -100%
1979 255 0.000076646 255 -100%
1980 237 0.000068805 237 -100%
1981 198 0.000057236 198 -100%
1982 197 0.000056158 197 -100%
1983 226 0.000065255 226 -100%
1984 178 0.000051021 178 -100%
1985 167 0.00004679 167 -100%
1986 163 0.000045824 163 -100%
1987 135 0.000037442 135 -100%
1988 145 0.000039242 145 -100%
1989 105 0.000027312 105 -100%
1990 92 0.000023277 92 -100%
1991 83 0.000021308 83 -100%
1992 87 0.000022649 87 -100%
1993 60 0.000015914 60 -100%
1994 67 0.000018022 67 -100%
1995 50 0.000013653 50 -100%
1996 53 0.000014532 53 -100%
1997 56 0.000015445 56 -100%
1998 56 0.000015225 56 -100%
1999 69 0.00001868 69 -100%
2000 48 0.000012699 48 -100%
2001 53 0.000014158 53 -100%
2002 59 0.000015783 59 -100%
2003 55 0.000014465 55 -100%
2004 46 0.000012039 46 -100%
2005 40 0.000010404 40 -100%
2006 67 0.000016935 67 -100%
2007 62 0.000015509 62 -100%
2008 68 0.0000173 68 -100%
2009 60 0.000015706 60 -100%
2010 51 0.0000138 51 -100%
2011 44 0.000012029 44 -100%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 -100%
2013 47 0.000012892 47 -100%
2014 61 0.000016458 61 -100%
2015 57 0.000015402 57 -100%
2016 59 0.000016082 59 -100%
2017 72 0.000020133 72 -100%
2018 42 0.000011946 42 -100%
2019 39 0.000011236 39 -100%
2020 37 0.000011076 37 -100%
2021 37 0.000010921 37 -100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 -100%
2023 46 0.000013892 46 -100%
2024 46 0.00001382 46 -100%

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