Boy
Matt
As a boy's name, Matt is understood to mean "gift of God". It had its heyday in the 1960s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. 1959 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyShort for Matthew
EtymologyMeaning "gift of God"
Births by decade
1900s
252
1910s
838
1920s
848
1930s
587
1940s
697
1950s
3,514
1960s
8,233
1970s
4,581
1980s
1,746
1990s
670
2000s
557
2010s
445
Peaked in the 1960s · 22,968 total U.S. births since 1900