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.

Matthews

#3,586 most common boys' name of all time · #8,751 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#3,586
Rank overall
#8,751 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
1,605
Since 2016
115
Peak year
1988 #1,711
Best rank
#1,072 1882
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Matthews first appears in 1882. 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 — 10 10 #7,697
2024 — 22 22 #4,580
2023 — 17 17 #5,483
2022 — 7 7 #9,841
2021 — 9 9 #8,190
2020 — 14 14 #5,999
2019 — 7 7 #9,778
2018 — 10 10 #7,632
2017 — 9 9 #8,164
2016 — 10 10 #7,628
2015 — 17 17 #5,299
2014 — 10 10 #7,579
2013 — 10 10 #7,553
2012 — 8 8 #8,890
2011 — 6 6 #10,848
2010 — 10 10 #7,605
2009 — 14 14 #6,111
2008 — 14 14 #6,081
2007 — 20 20 #4,648
2006 — 13 13 #6,109
2005 — 21 21 #4,206
2004 — 14 14 #5,510
2003 — 18 18 #4,442
2002 — 18 18 #4,331
2001 — 13 13 #5,404
2000 — 30 30 #2,928
1999 — 23 23 #3,382
1998 — 16 16 #4,209
1997 — 15 15 #4,260
1996 — 15 15 #4,207
1995 — 17 17 #3,708
1994 — 11 11 #5,126
1993 — 19 19 #3,380
1992 — 21 21 #3,114
1991 — 14 14 #4,027
1990 — 25 25 #2,635
1989 — 24 24 #2,626
1988 — 41 41 #1,711
1987 — 28 28 #2,123
1986 — 30 30 #1,969
1985 — 21 21 #2,445
1984 — 34 34 #1,699
1983 — 28 28 #1,914
1982 — 22 22 #2,289
1981 — 23 23 #2,215
1980 — 18 18 #2,630
1979 — 14 14 #3,033
1978 — 17 17 #2,579
1977 — 18 18 #2,477
1976 — 11 11 #3,286
1975 — 19 19 #2,303
1974 — 10 10 #3,348
1973 — 7 7 #4,089
1972 — 15 15 #2,441
1971 — 13 13 #2,707
1970 — 17 17 #2,227
1969 — 10 10 #2,896
1968 — 18 18 #1,909
1967 — 17 17 #1,923
1966 — 11 11 #2,495
1965 — 17 17 #1,939
1964 — 6 6 #3,650
1963 — 7 7 #3,367
1962 — 12 12 #2,394
1961 — 10 10 #2,736
1960 — 12 12 #2,450
1959 — 12 12 #2,436
1958 — 11 11 #2,525
1957 — 12 12 #2,402
1956 — 11 11 #2,521
1955 — 9 9 #2,791
1954 — 9 9 #2,776
1953 — 17 17 #1,912
1952 — 11 11 #2,405
1951 — 14 14 #2,076
1950 — 15 15 #1,958
1949 — 7 7 #3,057
1948 — 14 14 #2,056
1947 — 14 14 #2,097
1946 — 8 8 #2,717
1945 — 13 13 #1,950
1944 — 14 14 #1,915
1943 — 10 10 #2,441
1942 — 10 10 #2,420
1941 — 14 14 #1,926
1939 — 5 5 #3,545
1938 — 8 8 #2,684
1937 — 6 6 #3,228
1936 — 8 8 #2,660
1935 — 7 7 #2,994
1934 — 9 9 #2,584
1933 — 12 12 #2,125
1932 — 9 9 #2,672
1931 — 8 8 #2,906
1930 — 10 10 #2,639
1929 — 13 13 #2,233
1928 — 9 9 #2,884
1927 — 11 11 #2,553
1926 — 11 11 #2,596
1925 — 9 9 #2,978
1924 — 15 15 #2,157
1923 — 16 16 #2,046
1922 — 11 11 #2,660
1921 — 12 12 #2,523
1920 — 19 19 #1,833
1919 — 16 16 #2,002
1918 — 13 13 #2,286
1917 — 13 13 #2,204
1916 — 11 11 #2,423
1915 — 7 7 #3,118
1914 — 9 9 #2,314
1913 — 7 7 #2,320
1912 — 6 6 #2,317
1911 — 7 7 #1,451
1909 — 6 6 #1,351
1906 — 5 5 #1,327
1903 — 5 5 #1,224
1894 — 5 5 #1,162
1882 — 5 5 #1,072