Matt

Where Matt comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Matt.

  • 1 syllable
Matt through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #262 among boys, with 41 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1884
    Peak, #227
    55 babies named Matt, its best rank.
  3. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #325.
  4. 1967
    Matt LeBlanc born
    American actor
  5. 1970
    Matt Damon born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Matthias.
Namesakes
  • Matt Damon · American actor, born 1970
  • Matt LeBlanc · American actor, born 1967
  • Matt Groening · American cartoonist, born 1954
  • Matt Dillon · American actor, born 1964
  • Matt Busby · Scottish football player and manager, 1909–1994

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.