Matthan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MATH-un
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Matthan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Matthan mean?
Hebrew: biblical name, from Hebrew mattan
“gift”
In Matthew's Gospel, Matthan appears in the genealogy of Jesus as the grandfather of Joseph.
Is Matthan a girl's or a boy's name?
Matthan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matthan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Matthan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Matthan in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matthan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Nicknames for Matthan
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Matthan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Imran Johan Zamir Ethan Yahir Abdiel Hassan Zion Eitan Izan Yazan
Names related to Matthan
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Matthan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matthan, updated 20 October 2026.