Matthews
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,605since 1882
Matthews over time
Rank among boys' names. Matthews has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Matthews! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Matthews
- 3,108 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #7,679)
- 1,699 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,679)
- 2,390 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #7,679)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
- Highest: 1 in 22,737 boys born in 1882 were named Matthews (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Matthews (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,220 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,232 |
| 1920s | 126 | #1,820 (1920) | #2,417 |
| 1930s | 82 | #2,093 (1933) | #2,765 |
| 1940s | 104 | #1,890 (1944) | #2,258 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,900 (1953) | #2,357 |
| 1960s | 120 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,546 |
| 1970s | 141 | #2,213 (1970) | #2,829 |
| 1980s | 269 | #1,690 (1984) | #2,151 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,791 |
| 2000s | 175 | #2,922 (2000) | #4,965 |
| 2010s | 97 | #5,289 (2015) | #8,077 |
| 2020s | 79 | #4,571 (2024) | #6,948 |
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.
Matthews in 1882
Top boys' names in 1882
More about 1882
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113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Matthews, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.