Matthews is a rare variant of Matthias that peaked in 1988 and has grown less common since.
Matthews is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,024 for boy births in the United States (and #16,757 across all names), given to 10 babies. Matthews was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1988 (41 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #8,024 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | #4,651 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | #5,596 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #10,480 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | #8,598 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #6,180 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #10,440 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | #7,961 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #8,591 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #7,952 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #7,934 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #7,901 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | #9,409 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,774 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #7,948 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #6,311 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #6,297 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | #4,745 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #4,285 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #5,696 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #4,554 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #4,431 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #5,566 |
| 2000 | 30 | 30 | #2,966 |
| 1999 | 23 | 23 | #3,449 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | #4,327 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | #4,393 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #4,318 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #3,794 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #5,326 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #3,457 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | #3,174 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #4,154 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #2,673 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #2,663 |
| 1988 | 41 | — | #1,725 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | #2,157 |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #1,992 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #2,477 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #1,710 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #1,937 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,315 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #2,247 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | #2,687 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #3,108 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #2,625 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #2,526 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #3,402 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #2,332 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,485 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,348 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #2,501 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #2,766 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | #2,261 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #2,991 |
| 1968 | 18 | — | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #1,951 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,573 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | #1,971 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,887 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,544 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #2,832 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #2,494 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #2,495 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #2,597 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,445 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #2,589 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,899 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,883 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #1,936 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,459 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | #2,112 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #1,995 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,200 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,082 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,135 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,832 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #1,986 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #1,944 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,503 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #2,478 |
| 1941 | 14 | — | #1,965 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,798 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,791 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,389 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,782 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,151 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,688 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,178 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,775 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,012 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,725 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,277 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #2,992 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #2,640 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,676 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,059 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,186 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,089 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,745 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,582 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #1,857 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,033 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,351 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,244 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,486 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,274 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,390 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,409 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,459 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,486 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,396 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,359 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,243 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,186 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,040 |