Mat

Where Mat comes from

The dictionaries list Mat as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Matthew — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #442 among boys with 16 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #720.
  3. 1972
    Mat Hoffman born
    American BMX rider
  4. 1986
    Mat Robinson born
    Canadian ice hockey defenceman
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
Namesakes
  • Mat Robinson · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1986
  • Mat Hoffman · American BMX rider, born 1972
  • Mat Kearney · American musician, born 1978
  • Mat Collishaw · English artist, born 1966
  • Mat Maneri · American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.