Matan
- #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 1999 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 863since 1985
Matan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Matan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #3,912 | 27 |
| 2020 | #3,811 | 27 |
| 2019 | #4,230 | 24 |
| 2018 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #3,889 | 27 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,251 | 23 |
| 2011 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,308 | 33 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five boys were named Matan! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1987, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Matan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Matan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Matan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 251 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #3,949)
- 138 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #3,949)
- 346 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #3,949)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1999 at #2,665 (32 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,085
- Highest: 1 in 49,085 boys born in 2018 were named Matan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,665 in 1999, was only 1 in 60,005 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 30.1% of all boys named Matan (260) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50 | #3,523 (1988) | #4,596 |
| 1990s | 160 | #2,665 (1999) | #4,159 |
| 2000s | 244 | #3,014 (2004) | #3,827 |
| 2010s | 260 | #3,106 (2018) | #4,010 |
| 2020s | 149 | #3,811 (2020) | #4,196 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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