Matthew
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #32 for boys in 2025, 7,003 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 32,882 births
- Debut · boys
- 113 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 70 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,654,075since 1880
Matthew over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #32 | 7,003 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #33 | 7,107 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #32 | 7,234 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #39 | 7,077 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #36 | 7,489 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #30 | 8,142 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #23 | 9,277 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #20 | 10,009 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #16 | 11,732 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #15 | 12,665 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #15 | 12,785 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #16 | 12,944 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #15 | 13,364 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #12 | 13,993 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #12 | 14,184 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #16 | 14,148 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | #13 | 16,010 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #10 | 17,604 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #9 | 18,756 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #5 | 20,339 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 | #4 | 21,483 |
| 2004 | #1,811 | 105 | #4 | 22,882 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 | #4 | 24,011 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | #4 | 25,154 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 | #3 | 26,812 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | #3 | 28,580 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 | #3 | 30,418 |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | #3 | 31,146 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 | #3 | 31,517 |
| 1996 | #2,041 | 68 | #2 | 32,077 |
| 1995 | #2,125 | 63 | #2 | 32,882 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 | #3 | 33,654 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 | #3 | 35,782 |
| 1992 | #1,630 | 93 | #3 | 37,733 |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 | #3 | 41,647 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 | #3 | 44,826 |
| 1989 | #995 | 173 | #3 | 45,375 |
| 1988 | #740 | 253 | #3 | 45,876 |
| 1987 | #651 | 289 | #3 | 46,511 |
| 1986 | #656 | 281 | #3 | 46,929 |
| 1985 | #632 | 294 | #3 | 47,075 |
| 1984 | #611 | 293 | #3 | 49,767 |
| 1983 | #570 | 317 | #3 | 50,209 |
| 1982 | #653 | 273 | #3 | 46,045 |
| 1981 | #801 | 201 | #3 | 43,330 |
| 1980 | #819 | 193 | #6 | 37,834 |
| 1979 | #912 | 162 | #6 | 35,621 |
| 1978 | #910 | 156 | #6 | 34,282 |
| 1977 | #869 | 167 | #9 | 31,965 |
| 1976 | #924 | 140 | #9 | 29,951 |
| 1975 | #1,048 | 113 | #9 | 28,527 |
| 1974 | #1,082 | 108 | #9 | 27,194 |
| 1973 | #1,054 | 110 | #10 | 24,531 |
| 1972 | #996 | 119 | #10 | 22,928 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 | #19 | 22,543 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 | #24 | 20,185 |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 | #24 | 17,462 |
| 1968 | #1,258 | 76 | #24 | 15,823 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | #28 | 13,568 |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | #34 | 10,803 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #36 | 9,982 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #43 | 8,981 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #50 | 8,034 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #56 | 7,279 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #59 | 7,081 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #61 | 6,925 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #63 | 6,542 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #60 | 6,377 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #83 | 5,234 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #90 | 4,366 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #105 | 3,279 |
| 1954 | — | #124 | 2,688 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #130 | 2,374 |
| 1952 | — | #142 | 2,032 | |
| 1951 | — | #163 | 1,605 | |
| 1950 | — | #174 | 1,299 | |
| 1949 | — | #176 | 1,219 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #190 | 1,054 |
| 1947 | — | #196 | 1,045 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #194 | 892 |
| 1945 | — | #198 | 730 | |
| 1944 | — | #195 | 765 | |
| 1943 | — | #197 | 822 | |
| 1942 | — | #189 | 842 | |
| 1941 | — | #198 | 727 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #198 | 664 |
| 1939 | — | #201 | 622 | |
| 1938 | — | #205 | 608 | |
| 1937 | — | #201 | 605 | |
| 1936 | — | #202 | 608 | |
| 1935 | — | #195 | 654 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #202 | 610 |
| 1933 | — | #201 | 581 | |
| 1932 | — | #188 | 702 | |
| 1931 | — | #208 | 608 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #204 | 657 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #189 | 727 |
| 1928 | — | #182 | 784 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #183 | 790 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #185 | 777 |
| 1925 | — | #174 | 840 | |
| 1924 | — | #171 | 850 | |
| 1923 | — | #163 | 935 | |
| 1922 | — | #159 | 982 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #161 | 914 |
| 1920 | — | #151 | 967 | |
| 1919 | — | #152 | 879 | |
| 1918 | — | #148 | 963 | |
| 1917 | — | #149 | 862 | |
| 1916 | — | #148 | 825 | |
| 1915 | — | #150 | 798 | |
| 1914 | — | #151 | 613 | |
| 1913 | — | #151 | 491 | |
| 1912 | — | #156 | 380 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #152 | 220 |
| 1910 | — | #158 | 197 | |
| 1909 | — | #166 | 147 | |
| 1908 | — | #155 | 152 | |
| 1907 | — | #174 | 124 | |
| 1906 | — | #150 | 136 | |
| 1905 | — | #177 | 107 | |
| 1904 | — | #185 | 97 | |
| 1903 | — | #166 | 102 | |
| 1902 | — | #167 | 104 | |
| 1901 | — | #167 | 89 | |
| 1900 | — | #161 | 130 | |
| 1899 | — | #150 | 101 | |
| 1898 | — | #135 | 133 | |
| 1897 | — | #156 | 100 | |
| 1896 | — | #136 | 123 | |
| 1895 | — | #139 | 112 | |
| 1894 | — | #131 | 124 | |
| 1893 | — | #138 | 108 | |
| 1892 | — | #128 | 132 | |
| 1891 | — | #122 | 113 | |
| 1890 | — | #164 | 86 | |
| 1889 | — | #118 | 118 | |
| 1888 | — | #136 | 114 | |
| 1887 | — | #123 | 108 | |
| 1886 | — | #123 | 112 | |
| 1885 | — | #123 | 111 | |
| 1884 | — | #123 | 117 | |
| 1883 | — | #152 | 86 | |
| 1882 | — | #127 | 109 | |
| 1881 | — | #154 | 80 | |
| 1880 | — | #116 | 113 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Matthew was already there! It came in at #116, and was given to 113 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Matthew
- 1 spot since 2024 (#33 → #32)
- 2 spots since 2020 (#30 → #32)
- 17 spots since 2015 (#15 → #32)
- Biggest jump: 42 spots in 1891 (#164 → #122)
- Biggest drop: 46 spots in 1890 (#118 → #164)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1995 at #2 (32,882 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: 37 yrs · run 1972–2008
- Top 100: 70 yrs · run 1956–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 36 boys born in 1983 were named Matthew (2.8%)
- Latest: 1 in 244 boys born in 2025 (0.41%)
- Its best rank, #2 in 1995, was only 1 in 58 (1.7%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.7% of all boys named Matthew (458,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,068 | #116 (1880) | #130 |
| 1890s | 1,132 | #122 (1891) | #140 |
| 1900s | 1,188 | #150 (1906) | #167 |
| 1910s | 6,228 | #148 (1918) | #152 |
| 1920s | 8,566 | #151 (1920) | #172 |
| 1930s | 6,255 | #188 (1932) | #201 |
| 1940s | 8,760 | #176 (1949) | #193 |
| 1950s | 35,796 | #60 (1958) | #113 |
| 1960s | 105,938 | #24 (1969) | #42 |
| 1970s | 277,727 | #6 (1979) | #11 |
| 1980s | 458,951 | #3 (1983) | #3 |
| 1990s | 351,682 | #2 (1995) | #3 |
| 2000s | 221,631 | #3 (2000) | #6 |
| 2010s | 125,101 | #12 (2011) | #16 |
| 2020s | 44,052 | #30 (2020) | #34 |
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.
Matthew in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 8,299 of them was named Matthew, which outranked 93.4% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 41 of them was named Matthew, which outranked 100.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1Michael68,750
- #2Christopher50,221
- #3Matthew43,330
- #4Jason41,927
- #5David40,629
- #6Joshua39,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.