Matt

maleStatistical record

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

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

Matt: Recorded since 1994, it reached #236 in 2007, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#236highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#394
1997	#386
1998	#362
1999	#387
2000	#422
2001	#576
2002	#586
2003	#653
2004	#667
2005	#788
2006	#722
2007	#820
2008	#1156
2009	#1425
2010	#1407
2011	#1124
2012	#1669
2013	#1539
2014	#1819
2015	#2150
2016	#2556
2017	#4812
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

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 Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 32 years from 1994 to 2025.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3523 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #342 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2017
Highest recorded position: #236 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2005–2017).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Matt appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 686 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1994.

Matt across 3 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.

Matt'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#342 (1994)	#268 (2005)	#676 (2025)	25 of 32	173 (1994–2025)	15 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#394 (1996)	#362 (1998)	#5119 (2024)	28 of 29	686 (1996–2024)	64 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#307 (2005)	#236 (2007)	#415 (2017)	8 of 13	32 (2005–2017)	7 (2007)

Matt by decade in England and Wales · 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 Matt in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	234	4 of 10	59
2000sbusiest	322	10 of 10	32
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Matt 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 3 regions, from 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Matt'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#722	36	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#667	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#586	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#576	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#422	51	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#387	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#362	64	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#394	54	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#300	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1994 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #236, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 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.

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Mats · #21, 74y
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Matteo · #68, 38y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aiza · #236, 27y
Lily-May · #237, 30y
Shonagh · #235, 32y
Alix · #238, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aiza · #236, 27y
Andy · #236, 33y
Ayomide · #236, 29y
Iwan · #236, 29y

Matt was ranked #236 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Matt 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 Matt without appearing here.

Matt moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2010 they stood at #422 and #338 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #326 and #623.
Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #500 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #268 and #518.
Kristian Compare
In 2017 they stood at #547 and #443 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #520 and #749.
Kenneth Compare
In 2018 they stood at #520 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #438 and #646.

Moved ahead of Matt

Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2443.
Hans Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2172.
Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1745.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Matt

Alex Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 while Alex went from #108 to #37.
Ben Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 while Ben went from #99 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 while Callum went from #225 to #49.
Darragh Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 while Darragh went from #38 to #19.

Moved the same way as Matt

Adrian Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 and Adrian from #81 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 and Denis from #90 to #232.
Dylan Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 and Dylan from #23 to #69.
Edward Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Matt went from #342 to #676 and Edward from #64 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1994 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Matt

Matt at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matt across 3 official records

Matt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Matt across 3 official records

Matt by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Matt appears in

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Matt moved ahead of

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