Mattew
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,234since 1925
Mattew over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mattew has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,283 | 58 |
| 1986 | #1,345 | 53 |
| 1985 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1982 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #1,520 | 40 |
| 1980 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
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| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
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| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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First appearance
1925
The first year at least five boys were named Mattew! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mattew is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mattew in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- 975 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #9,714)
- 4,425 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1987 at #1,283 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,189
- Highest: 1 in 32,189 boys born in 1987 were named Mattew (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 35.1% of all boys named Mattew (433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,197 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 15 | #2,818 (1958) | #3,185 |
| 1960s | 78 | #2,311 (1968) | #3,017 |
| 1970s | 191 | #1,781 (1976) | #2,291 |
| 1980s | 433 | #1,283 (1987) | #1,565 |
| 1990s | 189 | #2,308 (1990) | #3,629 |
| 2000s | 144 | #4,502 (2002) | #5,647 |
| 2010s | 129 | #4,935 (2017) | #6,810 |
| 2020s | 50 | #6,479 (2022) | #8,936 |
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.
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