Mats

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mats: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mats: Recorded since 1949, it reached #21 in 1989, and it stood at #228 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
77years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
13names it appears alongside

What stands out in Mats's record

Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 102 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Shares a published list with another name across 74 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2007	#4333
2016	#4023
2020	#4608

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 74 of the 77 years from 1949 to 2025.

In 2020: #207 among boys in Norway, #4608 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1949–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #330 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1949–2025
Highest recorded position: #21 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1949–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #228 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Mats appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 74 years beginning in 1949, and has registered 7,274 births with the name.

Mats across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mats's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#330 (1949)	#21 (1989)	#228 (2025)	74 of 77	7,274 (1949–2025)	308 (1991)
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#3467 (2003)	#4608 (2020)	4 of 18	13 (2003–2020)	4 (2016)

Mats by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mats in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	6	1 of 10	6
1950s	70	7 of 10	10
1960s	150	10 of 10	15
1970s	413	10 of 10	41
1980s	1,694	10 of 10	169
1990sbusiest	2,362	10 of 10	236
2000s	1,669	10 of 10	167
2010s	763	10 of 10	76
2020s	147	6 of 10	25

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 236 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1982 and 1983, when recorded births rose by 70, from 75 to 145.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mats appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Norway in 1989.

Mats's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#228	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#177	28	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#200	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#181	27	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#171	28	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#207	20	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#150	39	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#111	60	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#121	58	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#116	63	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#112	63	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#83	100	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#103	71	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#93	88	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#81	111	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#82	110	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#74	125	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#61	147	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#67	126	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#59	137	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#40	172	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#38	198	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#39	187	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#40	184	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#44	171	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#36	222	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#40	202	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#40	198	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#42	191	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#39	215	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#34	230	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#32	248	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#29	256	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#30	255	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#25	308	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#30	259	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#21	299	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#26	267	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#29	223	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#37	209	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#43	178	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#49	153	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#53	145	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#110	75	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#110	72	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#115	73	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#153	47	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#140	52	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#168	41	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#106	72	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#154	47	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#195	32	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#195	32	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#186	37	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#200	30	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#225	23	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#247	19	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#302	13	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#235	20	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#281	14	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#253	17	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#261	15	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#293	12	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#229	17	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#331	9	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#254	14	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#241	15	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#254	13	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#328	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#285	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#251	12	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#315	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#363	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#330	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1949 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 1989.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 308 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 54 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Matin · #1314, 27y
Matisse · #2220, 18y
Matt · #236, 31y
Mattea · #2727, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maren · #21, 79y
Herman · #20, 76y
Steffen · #24, 71y
Cecilie · #17, 79y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Einar · #21, 81y
Kåre · #21, 75y
Maren · #21, 79y
Nils · #21, 81y

Comparisons involving Mats

Existing comparison pages where Mats and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Mats in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Glenn vs Mats
Over 57 shared years in Norway · Boys, Mats rose about as far as Glenn fell — from #293 and #315 in 1953 to #545 and #93 in 2012.
Glenn · Mats · 57 shared years, 1953–2012 · Mirrored each other
See the 2012 Norway ranking
Raymond vs Mats
Over 55 shared years in Norway · Boys, Mats rose about as far as Raymond fell — from #240 and #330 in 1949 to #487 and #61 in 2008.
Raymond · Mats · 55 shared years, 1949–2008 · Mirrored each other
See the 2008 Norway ranking
Ronny vs Mats
Over 55 shared years in Norway · Boys, Mats rose about as far as Ronny fell — from #336 and #330 in 1949 to #515 and #81 in 2011.
Ronny · Mats · 55 shared years, 1949–2011 · Mirrored each other
See the 2011 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Mats and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Theodor vs Mats
In Norway · Boys, Theodor moved into the top 50 at #37 in 2006 as Mats fell out of it to #59, having been #40 the year before.
Theodor · Mats · 43 shared years, 1978–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2006 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Mats measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Mats at its highest position.

Mats vs Sindre
Mats and Sindre changed places 26 times in Norway · Boys between 1949 and 2025, ending at #228 and #271.
Mats · Sindre · 74 shared years, 1949–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Simon vs Mats
Simon and Mats changed places 23 times in Norway · Boys between 1949 and 2025, ending at #159 and #228.
Simon · Mats · 73 shared years, 1949–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Jonas vs Mats
Jonas and Mats changed places 18 times in Norway · Boys between 1953 and 2025, ending at #49 and #228.
Jonas · Mats · 72 shared years, 1953–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Mats was ranked #21 in Norway · Boys in 1989. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mats and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mats without appearing here.

Mats moved ahead of

Brian Compare
In 1969 they stood at #247 and #241 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #225 and #398.
Alan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #207 and #204 in Norway · Boys; by 2021 that had become #171 and #314.
Joseph Compare
In 1954 they stood at #330 and #326 in Norway · Boys; by 1955 that had become #251 and #366.
Mark Compare
In 1970 they stood at #225 and #211 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #200 and #312.

Moved ahead of Mats

Marius Compare
In 1967 they stood at #235 and #247 in Norway · Boys; by 1968 that had become #302 and #185.
Simon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #111 and #114 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #150 and #100.
Kevin Compare
In 2024 they stood at #177 and #201 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #228 and #186.
Mohammed Compare
In 2021 they stood at #171 and #172 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #181 and #140.

Moved the opposite way to Mats

Geir Compare
Between 1949 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Mats went from #330 to #177 while Geir went from #37 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1949 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Mats went from #330 to #177 while Paul went from #72 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1949 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Mats went from #330 to #177 while Rune went from #58 to #498.
Tommy Compare
Between 1949 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Mats went from #330 to #177 while Tommy went from #243 to #503.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Norway in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mats

Mats at a glance

What stands out in Mats's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mats across 2 official records

Mats by decade in Norway · Boys

Mats appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mats

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mats

Mats and the names beside it

Mats moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mats

Moved the opposite way to Mats

Mats at a glance

What stands out in Mats's record

Mats across 2 official records

Mats by decade in Norway · Boys

Mats appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mats

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mats

Mats and the names beside it

Mats moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mats

Moved the opposite way to Mats