Matson
Boy · MAT-sun · English
Matson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Matthew”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Matson mean?
English: patronymic surname from Matt, a medieval short form of Matthew
“son of Matthew”
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Is Matson a girl's or a boy's name?
Matson is a boys' name.
How popular is Matson in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the boys named Matson in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
Nicknames for Matson
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Matson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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