Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mats

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
gift of God
Swedish

Syllables

1

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mats

Pronunciation

m(a)-ts

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2003 (rank #7241, 9 births); most recent 2018 (rank #12153, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20185
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #4020, 4 births); most recent 2020 (rank #4602, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #2159, 10 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4241, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20214
20203
2019–
20183
2017–
20169
20154
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence