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Matthew: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7,003 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 1996.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 1996; #32 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Matthew in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#32 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1996, at #2.
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Matthew: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7,003 boys in 2025. Peak: #2 in 1996 · most boys in one year: 50,209 (1983).
In 2025, 7,003 US boys were named Matthew, making it the 32nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #33 in 2024. That is 104 fewer than the 7,107 boys named Matthew in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #2, reached in 1996. The most boys given the name in a single year was 50,209, in 1983. For comparison, it was #15 in 2015 and #174 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Matthew in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 113 babies with the name. In all, 1,659,655 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 461,518 babies named Matthew.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 87,735 US boys were named Matthew; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 12,665. In 2025 that was about 1 in 244 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Matthew ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #10 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 48 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Mateo (126,778 babies since 1880), Mathew (77,745 babies since 1880), Matteo (33,499 babies since 1880) and Matt (23,892 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mattew, Matthieu and Mateus are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Matt, Mattie, Matty, Thias and Thys.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Mattew (1,234), Matthieu (1,058), Mateus (994), Matti (733), Mattia (492), Mattis (466), Maciej (315), Mads (254), Matteus (215), Matej (139), Matas (131), Matvei (87), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 658 | #10 | #11 |
| New York | 520 | #17 | #6 |
| New Jersey | 253 | #20 | #7 |
| Texas | 890 | #22 | #6 |
| California | 996 | #23 | #5 |
| Connecticut | 92 | #23 | #9 |
| Alaska | 19 | #26 | #29 |
| Massachusetts | 147 | #32 | #19 |
| Kansas | 76 | #32 | #50 |
| Virginia | 187 | #32 | #17 |
| New Hampshire | 31 | #36 | #46 |
| North Carolina | 233 | #36 | #30 |
| Pennsylvania | 257 | #38 | #21 |
| Georgia | 209 | #38 | #19 |
| Maryland | 112 | #39 | #16 |
| Alabama | 93 | #39 | #38 |
| Illinois | 211 | #41 | #19 |
| Arizona | 138 | #41 | #21 |
| Nevada | 54 | #42 | #18 |
| Mississippi | 47 | #43 | #50 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #43 | #22 |
| New Mexico | 31 | #49 | #11 |
| South Carolina | 83 | #50 | #52 |
| Washington | 128 | #50 | #28 |
| Utah | 81 | #52 | #45 |
| Indiana | 125 | #53 | #46 |
| Montana | 19 | #53 | #38 |
| Tennessee | 137 | #54 | #42 |
| Hawaii | 15 | #54 | #25 |
| Idaho | 35 | #56 | #74 |
| Arkansas | 49 | #59 | #45 |
| Missouri | 96 | #60 | #46 |
| Kentucky | 72 | #60 | #39 |
| Oregon | 58 | #61 | #36 |
| Colorado | 92 | #63 | #35 |
| Ohio | 172 | #63 | #39 |
| Louisiana | 65 | #63 | #43 |
| Michigan | 132 | #66 | #44 |
| Wisconsin | 84 | #67 | #48 |
| Delaware | 14 | #74 | #20 |
| Vermont | 7 | #76 | #13 |
| Minnesota | 75 | #76 | #50 |
| West Virginia | 24 | #79 | #43 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #83 | #45 |
| Oklahoma | 49 | #84 | #40 |
| Iowa | 40 | #90 | #59 |
| Nebraska | 27 | #91 | #58 |
| Maine | 14 | #97 | #50 |
| North Dakota | 12 | #102 | #31 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #117 | #12 |
| South Dakota | 10 | #139 | #90 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,434 | 7,003 | #32 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,781 | 7,107 | #33 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,560 | 7,234 | #32 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,925 | 7,077 | #39 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,053 | 7,489 | #36 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,010 | 8,142 | #30 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,588 | 9,277 | #23 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,303 | 10,009 | #20 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,610 | 11,732 | #16 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,236 | 12,665 | #15 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,865 | 12,785 | #15 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,938 | 12,944 | #16 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,271 | 13,364 | #15 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,263 | 13,993 | #12 |
| 2011 | 22 | #6,073 | 14,184 | #12 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,158 | 14,148 | #16 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,243 | 16,010 | #13 |
| 2008 | 23 | #6,069 | 17,604 | #10 |
| 2007 | 23 | #6,021 | 18,756 | #9 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,057 | 20,339 | #5 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,236 | 21,483 | #4 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,816 | 22,882 | #4 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,706 | 24,011 | #4 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,858 | 25,154 | #4 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,948 | 26,812 | #3 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,148 | 28,580 | #3 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,415 | 30,418 | #3 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,520 | 31,146 | #3 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,645 | 31,517 | #3 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,051 | 32,077 | #2 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,144 | 32,882 | #2 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,922 | 33,654 | #3 |
| 1993 | 70 | #2,002 | 35,782 | #3 |
| 1992 | 93 | #1,638 | 37,733 | #3 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,531 | 41,647 | #3 |
| 1990 | 125 | #1,305 | 44,826 | #3 |
| 1989 | 173 | #1,000 | 45,375 | #3 |
| 1988 | 253 | #743 | 45,876 | #3 |
| 1987 | 289 | #651 | 46,511 | #3 |
| 1986 | 281 | #660 | 46,929 | #3 |
| 1985 | 294 | #636 | 47,075 | #3 |
| 1984 | 293 | #611 | 49,767 | #3 |
| 1983 | 317 | #570 | 50,209 | #3 |
| 1982 | 273 | #655 | 46,045 | #3 |
| 1981 | 201 | #802 | 43,330 | #3 |
| 1980 | 193 | #819 | 37,834 | #6 |
| 1979 | 162 | #917 | 35,621 | #6 |
| 1978 | 156 | #912 | 34,282 | #6 |
| 1977 | 167 | #869 | 31,965 | #9 |
| 1976 | 140 | #929 | 29,951 | #9 |
| 1975 | 113 | #1,051 | 28,527 | #9 |
| 1974 | 108 | #1,088 | 27,194 | #9 |
| 1973 | 110 | #1,056 | 24,531 | #10 |
| 1972 | 119 | #999 | 22,928 | #10 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,220 | 22,543 | #19 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,538 | 20,185 | #24 |
| 1969 | 70 | #1,380 | 17,462 | #24 |
| 1968 | 76 | #1,263 | 15,823 | #24 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,633 | 13,568 | #28 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,848 | 10,803 | #34 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,511 | 9,982 | #36 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,881 | 8,981 | #43 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,752 | 8,034 | #50 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,440 | 7,279 | #56 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,916 | 7,081 | #59 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,080 | 6,925 | #61 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,439 | 6,542 | #63 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,328 | 6,377 | #60 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,849 | 5,234 | #83 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,710 | 4,366 | #90 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,624 | 3,279 | #105 |
| 1954 | — | — | 2,688 | #124 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,880 | 2,374 | #130 |
| 1952 | — | — | 2,032 | #142 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,605 | #163 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,299 | #174 |
| 1949 | — | — | 1,219 | #177 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,747 | 1,054 | #190 |
| 1947 | — | — | 1,045 | #196 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,433 | 892 | #194 |
| 1945 | — | — | 730 | #198 |
| 1944 | — | — | 765 | #196 |
| 1943 | — | — | 822 | #197 |
| 1942 | — | — | 842 | #189 |
| 1941 | — | — | 727 | #198 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,816 | 664 | #198 |
| 1939 | — | — | 622 | #201 |
| 1938 | — | — | 608 | #205 |
| 1937 | — | — | 605 | #201 |
| 1936 | — | — | 608 | #202 |
| 1935 | — | — | 654 | #195 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,749 | 610 | #202 |
| 1933 | — | — | 581 | #201 |
| 1932 | — | — | 702 | #188 |
| 1931 | — | — | 608 | #208 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,549 | 657 | #204 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,042 | 727 | #189 |
| 1928 | — | — | 784 | #182 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,345 | 790 | #183 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,663 | 777 | #185 |
| 1925 | — | — | 840 | #174 |
| 1924 | — | — | 850 | #171 |
| 1923 | — | — | 935 | #163 |
| 1922 | — | — | 982 | #159 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,627 | 914 | #161 |
| 1920 | — | — | 967 | #152 |
| 1919 | — | — | 879 | #152 |
| 1918 | — | — | 963 | #148 |
| 1917 | — | — | 862 | #149 |
| 1916 | — | — | 825 | #148 |
| 1915 | — | — | 798 | #150 |
| 1914 | — | — | 613 | #151 |
| 1913 | — | — | 491 | #151 |
| 1912 | — | — | 380 | #156 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,724 | 220 | #153 |
| 1910 | — | — | 197 | #158 |
| 1909 | — | — | 147 | #170 |
| 1908 | — | — | 152 | #157 |
| 1907 | — | — | 124 | #174 |
| 1906 | — | — | 136 | #150 |
| 1905 | — | — | 107 | #177 |
| 1904 | — | — | 97 | #186 |
| 1903 | — | — | 102 | #167 |
| 1902 | — | — | 104 | #170 |
| 1901 | — | — | 89 | #167 |
| 1900 | — | — | 130 | #162 |
| 1899 | — | — | 101 | #151 |
| 1898 | — | — | 133 | #135 |
| 1897 | — | — | 100 | #156 |
| 1896 | — | — | 123 | #136 |
| 1895 | — | — | 112 | #139 |
| 1894 | — | — | 124 | #132 |
| 1893 | — | — | 108 | #138 |
| 1892 | — | — | 132 | #128 |
| 1891 | — | — | 113 | #123 |
| 1890 | — | — | 86 | #165 |
| 1889 | — | — | 118 | #118 |
| 1888 | — | — | 114 | #136 |
| 1887 | — | — | 108 | #123 |
| 1886 | — | — | 112 | #124 |
| 1885 | — | — | 111 | #124 |
| 1884 | — | — | 117 | #124 |
| 1883 | — | — | 86 | #152 |
| 1882 | — | — | 109 | #127 |
| 1881 | — | — | 80 | #157 |
| 1880 | — | — | 113 | #117 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).