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.

Matthew

#13 most common boys' name of all time · #15 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#13
Rank overall
#15 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,659,655
Since 2016
87,830
Peak year
1983 #3
Best rank
#2 1995
Girls Boys peak 50,526/yr
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Matthew is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 7,003 7,008 #32
2024 8 7,107 7,115 #33
2023 6 7,234 7,240 #32
2022 9 7,077 7,086 #39
2021 10 7,489 7,499 #36
2020 7 8,142 8,149 #30
2019 15 9,277 9,292 #23
2018 10 10,009 10,019 #20
2017 13 11,732 11,745 #16
2016 12 12,665 12,677 #15
2015 15 12,785 12,800 #15
2014 15 12,944 12,959 #16
2013 17 13,364 13,381 #15
2012 21 13,993 14,014 #12
2011 22 14,184 14,206 #12
2010 15 14,148 14,163 #16
2009 18 16,010 16,028 #13
2008 23 17,604 17,627 #10
2007 23 18,756 18,779 #9
2006 22 20,339 20,361 #5
2005 33 21,483 21,516 #4
2004 105 22,882 22,987 #4
2003 38 24,011 24,049 #4
2002 34 25,154 25,188 #4
2001 49 26,812 26,861 #3
2000 44 28,580 28,624 #3
1999 37 30,418 30,455 #3
1998 55 31,146 31,201 #3
1997 48 31,517 31,565 #3
1996 68 32,077 32,145 #2
1995 63 32,882 32,945 #2
1994 74 33,654 33,728 #3
1993 70 35,782 35,852 #3
1992 93 37,733 37,826 #3
1991 102 41,647 41,749 #3
1990 125 44,826 44,951 #3
1989 173 45,375 45,548 #3
1988 253 45,876 46,129 #3
1987 289 46,511 46,800 #3
1986 281 46,929 47,210 #3
1985 294 47,075 47,369 #3
1984 293 49,767 50,060 #3
1983 317 50,209 50,526 #3
1982 273 46,045 46,318 #3
1981 201 43,330 43,531 #3
1980 193 37,834 38,027 #6
1979 162 35,621 35,783 #6
1978 156 34,282 34,438 #6
1977 167 31,965 32,132 #9
1976 140 29,951 30,091 #9
1975 113 28,527 28,640 #9
1974 108 27,194 27,302 #9
1973 110 24,531 24,641 #10
1972 119 22,928 23,047 #10
1971 93 22,543 22,636 #19
1970 64 20,185 20,249 #24
1969 70 17,462 17,532 #24
1968 76 15,823 15,899 #24
1967 49 13,568 13,617 #28
1966 39 10,803 10,842 #34
1965 24 9,982 10,006 #36
1964 20 8,981 9,001 #43
1963 21 8,034 8,055 #50
1962 10 7,279 7,289 #56
1961 19 7,081 7,100 #59
1960 11 6,925 6,936 #61
1959 23 6,542 6,565 #63
1958 14 6,377 6,391 #60
1957 6 5,234 5,240 #83
1956 8 4,366 4,374 #90
1955 6 3,279 3,285 #105
1954 — 2,688 2,688 #124
1953 7 2,374 2,381 #130
1952 — 2,032 2,032 #142
1951 — 1,605 1,605 #163
1950 — 1,299 1,299 #174
1949 — 1,219 1,219 #177
1948 5 1,054 1,059 #190
1947 — 1,045 1,045 #196
1946 5 892 897 #194
1945 — 730 730 #198
1944 — 765 765 #195
1943 — 822 822 #197
1942 — 842 842 #189
1941 — 727 727 #198
1940 5 664 669 #198
1939 — 622 622 #201
1938 — 608 608 #205
1937 — 605 605 #201
1936 — 608 608 #202
1935 — 654 654 #195
1934 5 610 615 #202
1933 — 581 581 #201
1932 — 702 702 #188
1931 — 608 608 #208
1930 8 657 665 #204
1929 5 727 732 #189
1928 — 784 784 #182
1927 5 790 795 #183
1926 6 777 783 #185
1925 — 840 840 #174
1924 — 850 850 #171
1923 — 935 935 #163
1922 — 982 982 #159
1921 5 914 919 #161
1920 — 967 967 #151
1919 — 879 879 #152
1918 — 963 963 #148
1917 — 862 862 #149
1916 — 825 825 #148
1915 — 798 798 #150
1914 — 613 613 #151
1913 — 491 491 #151
1912 — 380 380 #156
1911 5 220 225 #153
1910 — 197 197 #158
1909 — 147 147 #167
1908 — 152 152 #157
1907 — 124 124 #174
1906 — 136 136 #150
1905 — 107 107 #177
1904 — 97 97 #185
1903 — 102 102 #166
1902 — 104 104 #167
1901 — 89 89 #167
1900 — 130 130 #161
1899 — 101 101 #150
1898 — 133 133 #135
1897 — 100 100 #156
1896 — 123 123 #136
1895 — 112 112 #139
1894 — 124 124 #132
1893 — 108 108 #138
1892 — 132 132 #128
1891 — 113 113 #124
1890 — 86 86 #164
1889 — 118 118 #118
1888 — 114 114 #136
1887 — 108 108 #123
1886 — 112 112 #123
1885 — 111 111 #123
1884 — 117 117 #124
1883 — 86 86 #152
1882 — 109 109 #127
1881 — 80 80 #154
1880 — 113 113 #117