Matthew is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #47 for boy births in the United States, given to 7,008 babies. Matthew first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1983 (50,526 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,008 | #47 |
| 2024 | 7,115 | #47 |
| 2023 | 7,240 | #48 |
| 2022 | 7,086 | #56 |
| 2021 | 7,499 | #51 |
| 2020 | 8,149 | #43 |
| 2019 | 9,292 | #34 |
| 2018 | 10,019 | #32 |
| 2017 | 11,745 | #24 |
| 2016 | 12,677 | #22 |
| 2015 | 12,800 | #21 |
| 2014 | 12,959 | #22 |
| 2013 | 13,381 | #20 |
| 2012 | 14,014 | #17 |
| 2011 | 14,206 | #18 |
| 2010 | 14,163 | #24 |
| 2009 | 16,028 | #17 |
| 2008 | 17,627 | #13 |
| 2007 | 18,779 | #11 |
| 2006 | 20,361 | #6 |
| 2005 | 21,516 | #5 |
| 2004 | 22,987 | #5 |
| 2003 | 24,049 | #5 |
| 2002 | 25,188 | #4 |
| 2001 | 26,861 | #3 |
| 2000 | 28,624 | #3 |
| 1999 | 30,455 | #3 |
| 1998 | 31,201 | #3 |
| 1997 | 31,565 | #3 |
| 1996 | 32,145 | #2 |
| 1995 | 32,945 | #2 |
| 1994 | 33,728 | #3 |
| 1993 | 35,852 | #3 |
| 1992 | 37,826 | #5 |
| 1991 | 41,749 | #5 |
| 1990 | 44,951 | #5 |
| 1989 | 45,548 | #5 |
| 1988 | 46,129 | #5 |
| 1987 | 46,800 | #5 |
| 1986 | 47,210 | #5 |
| 1985 | 47,369 | #5 |
| 1984 | 50,060 | #4 |
| 1983 | 50,526 | #4 |
| 1982 | 46,318 | #4 |
| 1981 | 43,531 | #4 |
| 1980 | 38,027 | #7 |
| 1979 | 35,783 | #7 |
| 1978 | 34,438 | #7 |
| 1977 | 32,132 | #10 |
| 1976 | 30,091 | #11 |
| 1975 | 28,640 | #11 |
| 1974 | 27,302 | #11 |
| 1973 | 24,641 | #13 |
| 1972 | 23,047 | #16 |
| 1971 | 22,636 | #26 |
| 1970 | 20,249 | #31 |
| 1969 | 17,532 | #38 |
| 1968 | 15,899 | #38 |
| 1967 | 13,617 | #52 |
| 1966 | 10,842 | #69 |
| 1965 | 10,006 | #80 |
| 1964 | 9,001 | #92 |
| 1963 | 8,055 | #106 |
| 1962 | 7,289 | #117 |
| 1961 | 7,100 | #124 |
| 1960 | 6,936 | #126 |
| 1959 | 6,565 | #136 |
| 1958 | 6,391 | #138 |
| 1957 | 5,240 | #175 |
| 1956 | 4,374 | #194 |
| 1955 | 3,285 | #236 |
| 1954 | 2,688 | #262 |
| 1953 | 2,381 | #279 |
| 1952 | 2,032 | #306 |
| 1951 | 1,605 | #350 |
| 1950 | 1,299 | #380 |
| 1949 | 1,219 | #390 |
| 1948 | 1,059 | #417 |
| 1947 | 1,045 | #426 |
| 1946 | 897 | #430 |
| 1945 | 730 | #448 |
| 1944 | 765 | #430 |
| 1943 | 822 | #429 |
| 1942 | 842 | #419 |
| 1941 | 727 | #436 |
| 1940 | 669 | #444 |
| 1939 | 622 | #450 |
| 1938 | 608 | #460 |
| 1937 | 605 | #455 |
| 1936 | 608 | #451 |
| 1935 | 654 | #440 |
| 1934 | 615 | #455 |
| 1933 | 581 | #457 |
| 1932 | 702 | #421 |
| 1931 | 608 | #457 |
| 1930 | 665 | #445 |
| 1929 | 732 | #416 |
| 1928 | 784 | #413 |
| 1927 | 795 | #412 |
| 1926 | 783 | #414 |
| 1925 | 840 | #400 |
| 1924 | 850 | #398 |
| 1923 | 935 | #373 |
| 1922 | 982 | #365 |
| 1921 | 919 | #377 |
| 1920 | 967 | #362 |
| 1919 | 879 | #369 |
| 1918 | 963 | #352 |
| 1917 | 862 | #362 |
| 1916 | 825 | #367 |
| 1915 | 798 | #360 |
| 1914 | 613 | #361 |
| 1913 | 491 | #368 |
| 1912 | 380 | #389 |
| 1911 | 225 | #411 |
| 1910 | 197 | #434 |
| 1909 | 147 | #462 |
| 1908 | 152 | #443 |
| 1907 | 124 | #487 |
| 1906 | 136 | #435 |
| 1905 | 107 | #498 |
| 1904 | 97 | #517 |
| 1903 | 102 | #472 |
| 1902 | 104 | #472 |
| 1901 | 89 | #483 |
| 1900 | 130 | #452 |
| 1899 | 101 | #448 |
| 1898 | 133 | #398 |
| 1897 | 100 | #443 |
| 1896 | 123 | #393 |
| 1895 | 112 | #401 |
| 1894 | 124 | #377 |
| 1893 | 108 | #391 |
| 1892 | 132 | #355 |
| 1891 | 113 | #355 |
| 1890 | 86 | #433 |
| 1889 | 118 | #330 |
| 1888 | 114 | #353 |
| 1887 | 108 | #317 |
| 1886 | 112 | #312 |
| 1885 | 111 | #295 |
| 1884 | 117 | #286 |
| 1883 | 86 | #328 |
| 1882 | 109 | #279 |
| 1881 | 80 | #322 |
| 1880 | 113 | #253 |