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.

Mattew

#4,226 most common boys' name of all time · #10,348 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among boys
#4,226
Rank overall
#10,348 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,234
Since 2016
108
Peak year
1987 #1,289
Best rank
#1,289 1987
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
19401960198020002020

Mattew first appears in 1925. 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
2025 — 7 7 #9,839
2024 — 6 6 #11,106
2023 — 8 8 #9,028
2022 — 13 13 #6,534
2021 — 8 8 #8,947
2020 — 8 8 #8,846
2019 — 11 11 #7,260
2018 — 9 9 #8,264
2017 — 19 19 #4,960
2016 — 19 19 #4,979
2015 — 17 17 #5,332
2014 — 11 11 #7,133
2013 — 10 10 #7,636
2012 — 14 14 #6,041
2011 — 13 13 #6,315
2010 — 6 6 #10,946
2009 — 16 16 #5,590
2008 — 9 9 #8,435
2007 — 19 19 #4,837
2006 — 20 20 #4,558
2005 — 14 14 #5,626
2004 — 14 14 #5,566
2003 — 10 10 #6,820
2002 — 17 17 #4,546
2001 — 13 13 #5,442
2000 — 12 12 #5,660
1999 — 17 17 #4,215
1998 — 15 15 #4,461
1997 — 12 12 #5,033
1996 — 23 23 #3,140
1995 — 15 15 #4,111
1994 — 21 21 #3,257
1993 — 19 19 #3,409
1992 — 17 17 #3,657
1991 — 20 20 #3,157
1990 — 30 30 #2,332
1989 — 50 50 #1,606
1988 — 40 40 #1,756
1987 — 58 58 #1,289
1986 — 53 53 #1,350
1985 — 46 46 #1,467
1984 — 37 37 #1,619
1983 — 50 50 #1,322
1982 — 34 34 #1,719
1981 — 40 40 #1,534
1980 — 25 25 #2,133
1979 — 23 23 #2,205
1978 — 24 24 #2,042
1977 — 17 17 #2,622
1976 — 28 28 #1,802
1975 — 21 21 #2,175
1974 — 18 18 #2,322
1973 — 17 17 #2,367
1972 — 17 17 #2,293
1971 — 16 16 #2,423
1970 — 10 10 #3,201
1969 — 9 9 #3,209
1968 — 13 13 #2,402
1967 — 8 8 #3,137
1966 — 9 9 #2,914
1965 — 6 6 #3,747
1963 — 10 10 #2,799
1962 — 5 5 #4,382
1961 — 9 9 #3,041
1960 — 9 9 #3,025
1958 — 9 9 #2,985
1957 — 6 6 #3,851
1925 — 5 5 #4,838