Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mathews

#7,724 most common boys' name of all time · #19,416 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1896–2024

Rank among boys
#7,724
Rank overall
#19,416 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
452
Since 2016
19
Peak year
2006 #5,091
Best rank
#934 1901
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Mathews first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 7 7 #9,938
2023 — 6 6 #10,879
2016 — 6 6 #10,796
2013 — 7 7 #9,711
2012 — 10 10 #7,589
2011 — 6 6 #10,875
2010 — 10 10 #7,620
2008 — 13 13 #6,414
2007 — 16 16 #5,451
2006 — 17 17 #5,091
2005 — 13 13 #5,903
2004 — 9 9 #7,581
2003 — 14 14 #5,283
2002 — 11 11 #6,119
2001 — 8 8 #7,589
2000 — 12 12 #5,613
1998 — 9 9 #6,354
1997 — 6 6 #8,189
1996 — 6 6 #8,028
1995 — 5 5 #8,951
1993 — 6 6 #7,703
1992 — 5 5 #8,516
1991 — 6 6 #7,345
1989 — 7 7 #6,294
1988 — 8 8 #5,259
1986 — 7 7 #5,401
1984 — 6 6 #5,637
1983 — 5 5 #6,350
1982 — 5 5 #6,481
1981 — 8 8 #4,573
1977 — 6 6 #5,205
1976 — 6 6 #5,023
1950 — 6 6 #3,418
1948 — 5 5 #3,778
1943 — 5 5 #3,636
1939 — 7 7 #2,918
1934 — 7 7 #3,051
1929 — 11 11 #2,501
1928 — 10 10 #2,713
1927 — 5 5 #4,306
1925 — 8 8 #3,217
1924 — 9 9 #3,074
1922 — 8 8 #3,308
1921 — 7 7 #3,589
1920 — 15 15 #2,174
1919 — 9 9 #2,934
1918 — 6 6 #3,790
1917 — 13 13 #2,222
1915 — 8 8 #2,888
1914 — 9 9 #2,345
1913 — 8 8 #2,162
1912 — 6 6 #2,375
1911 — 5 5 #1,869
1910 — 6 6 #1,529
1901 — 7 7 #934
1896 — 6 6 #1,097