How popular is “Matthew” in the USA?
Number of people named “Matthew” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Matthew” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Matthew” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Matthew” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Matthew” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Matthew” by birth year
This chart shows how “Matthew” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 113 | 0.000560839 | 113 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 80 | 0.000415179 | 80 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 109 | 0.000492026 | 109 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 86 | 0.000396412 | 86 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 117 | 0.00048057 | 117 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 111 | 0.00046086 | 111 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 112 | 0.000438672 | 112 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 108 | 0.000436554 | 108 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 114 | 0.000380667 | 114 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 118 | 0.000408381 | 118 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 86 | 0.000285334 | 86 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 113 | 0.000394177 | 113 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 132 | 0.000394768 | 132 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 108 | 0.00033208 | 108 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 124 | 0.000366116 | 124 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 112 | 0.00031907 | 112 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 123 | 0.000344071 | 123 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 100 | 0.00028822 | 100 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 133 | 0.000348665 | 133 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 101 | 0.00029773 | 101 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 130 | 0.000288723 | 130 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 89 | 0.000257365 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 104 | 0.000268919 | 104 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 102 | 0.000267576 | 102 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 97 | 0.000240405 | 97 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 107 | 0.000252405 | 107 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 136 | 0.000317423 | 136 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 124 | 0.000266443 | 124 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 152 | 0.000311062 | 152 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 147 | 0.000287545 | 147 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 197 | 0.000333496 | 197 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 225 | 0.000349228 | 5 | 220 | -96% |
| 1912 | 380 | 0.000384591 | 380 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 491 | 0.000431796 | 491 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 613 | 0.000432804 | 613 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 798 | 0.000435488 | 798 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 825 | 0.000426485 | 825 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 862 | 0.00042955 | 862 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 963 | 0.000443552 | 963 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 879 | 0.000416539 | 879 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 967 | 0.000427376 | 967 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 919 | 0.000393659 | 5 | 914 | -99% |
| 1922 | 982 | 0.000428979 | 982 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 935 | 0.000406084 | 935 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 850 | 0.000356901 | 850 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 840 | 0.000360005 | 840 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 783 | 0.000341042 | 6 | 777 | -98% |
| 1927 | 795 | 0.000342767 | 5 | 790 | -99% |
| 1928 | 784 | 0.000346759 | 784 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 732 | 0.000333917 | 5 | 727 | -99% |
| 1930 | 665 | 0.000299107 | 8 | 657 | -98% |
| 1931 | 608 | 0.00028892 | 608 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 702 | 0.000332498 | 702 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 581 | 0.00029058 | 581 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 615 | 0.000296126 | 5 | 610 | -98% |
| 1935 | 654 | 0.000312934 | 654 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 608 | 0.000292648 | 608 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 605 | 0.000283948 | 605 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 608 | 0.000274793 | 608 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 622 | 0.000282286 | 622 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 669 | 0.00029053 | 5 | 664 | -99% |
| 1941 | 727 | 0.000298388 | 727 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 842 | 0.00030822 | 842 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 822 | 0.000291225 | 822 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 765 | 0.000284378 | 765 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 730 | 0.00027517 | 730 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 897 | 0.000280724 | 5 | 892 | -99% |
| 1947 | 1045 | 0.000290091 | 1045 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 1059 | 0.000306733 | 5 | 1054 | -99% |
| 1949 | 1219 | 0.000349807 | 1219 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 1299 | 0.000370787 | 1299 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 1605 | 0.000435699 | 1605 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 2032 | 0.000535018 | 2032 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 2381 | 0.000617857 | 7 | 2374 | -99% |
| 1954 | 2688 | 0.000675257 | 2688 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 3285 | 0.000818166 | 6 | 3279 | -100% |
| 1956 | 4373 | 0.001060626 | 8 | 4365 | -100% |
| 1957 | 5242 | 0.001247459 | 6 | 5236 | -100% |
| 1958 | 6392 | 0.001546238 | 14 | 6378 | -100% |
| 1959 | 6567 | 0.001579368 | 23 | 6544 | -99% |
| 1960 | 6936 | 0.00166979 | 12 | 6924 | -100% |
| 1961 | 7096 | 0.001713058 | 18 | 7078 | -99% |
| 1962 | 7292 | 0.001807021 | 10 | 7282 | -100% |
| 1963 | 8055 | 0.002035016 | 21 | 8034 | -99% |
| 1964 | 9003 | 0.002315822 | 20 | 8983 | -100% |
| 1965 | 10008 | 0.002760486 | 24 | 9984 | -100% |
| 1966 | 10844 | 0.003119987 | 39 | 10805 | -99% |
| 1967 | 13617 | 0.00401102 | 49 | 13568 | -99% |
| 1968 | 15900 | 0.004706352 | 76 | 15824 | -99% |
| 1969 | 17531 | 0.005044423 | 70 | 17461 | -99% |
| 1970 | 20252 | 0.005615395 | 64 | 20188 | -99% |
| 1971 | 22635 | 0.006594597 | 93 | 22542 | -99% |
| 1972 | 23050 | 0.007333771 | 119 | 22931 | -99% |
| 1973 | 24645 | 0.008169017 | 110 | 24535 | -99% |
| 1974 | 27305 | 0.008981911 | 108 | 27197 | -99% |
| 1975 | 28643 | 0.009486341 | 113 | 28530 | -99% |
| 1976 | 30092 | 0.009917279 | 140 | 29952 | -99% |
| 1977 | 32134 | 0.010116185 | 167 | 31967 | -99% |
| 1978 | 34441 | 0.010851421 | 156 | 34285 | -99% |
| 1979 | 35787 | 0.010756537 | 162 | 35625 | -99% |
| 1980 | 38032 | 0.011041351 | 193 | 37839 | -99% |
| 1981 | 43529 | 0.012582908 | 201 | 43328 | -99% |
| 1982 | 46323 | 0.013205104 | 273 | 46050 | -99% |
| 1983 | 50525 | 0.014588523 | 317 | 50208 | -99% |
| 1984 | 50062 | 0.014349531 | 293 | 49769 | -99% |
| 1985 | 47373 | 0.013273057 | 294 | 47079 | -99% |
| 1986 | 47205 | 0.013270724 | 281 | 46924 | -99% |
| 1987 | 46796 | 0.01297865 | 289 | 46507 | -99% |
| 1988 | 46128 | 0.012483752 | 253 | 45875 | -99% |
| 1989 | 45547 | 0.011847477 | 173 | 45374 | -99% |
| 1990 | 44947 | 0.011371854 | 125 | 44822 | -99% |
| 1991 | 41749 | 0.010717885 | 102 | 41647 | -100% |
| 1992 | 37826 | 0.009847256 | 93 | 37733 | -100% |
| 1993 | 35850 | 0.00950858 | 70 | 35780 | -100% |
| 1994 | 33728 | 0.00907239 | 74 | 33654 | -100% |
| 1995 | 32942 | 0.00899525 | 63 | 32879 | -100% |
| 1996 | 32145 | 0.008813622 | 68 | 32077 | -100% |
| 1997 | 31566 | 0.008706063 | 48 | 31518 | -100% |
| 1998 | 31200 | 0.008482394 | 55 | 31145 | -100% |
| 1999 | 30455 | 0.008244747 | 37 | 30418 | -100% |
| 2000 | 28624 | 0.007572679 | 44 | 28580 | -100% |
| 2001 | 26861 | 0.007175582 | 49 | 26812 | -100% |
| 2002 | 25188 | 0.006737838 | 34 | 25154 | -100% |
| 2003 | 24048 | 0.006324561 | 38 | 24010 | -100% |
| 2004 | 22987 | 0.006016086 | 105 | 22882 | -99% |
| 2005 | 21514 | 0.005595544 | 33 | 21481 | -100% |
| 2006 | 20361 | 0.00514662 | 22 | 20339 | -100% |
| 2007 | 18776 | 0.004696721 | 23 | 18753 | -100% |
| 2008 | 17625 | 0.004483974 | 23 | 17602 | -100% |
| 2009 | 16025 | 0.004194834 | 18 | 16007 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14160 | 0.003831439 | 15 | 14145 | -100% |
| 2011 | 14201 | 0.003882397 | 22 | 14179 | -100% |
| 2012 | 14012 | 0.003831171 | 21 | 13991 | -100% |
| 2013 | 13377 | 0.003669287 | 17 | 13360 | -100% |
| 2014 | 12955 | 0.003495328 | 15 | 12940 | -100% |
| 2015 | 12798 | 0.003458067 | 15 | 12783 | -100% |
| 2016 | 12677 | 0.003455449 | 12 | 12665 | -100% |
| 2017 | 11743 | 0.003283658 | 13 | 11730 | -100% |
| 2018 | 10014 | 0.002848206 | 10 | 10004 | -100% |
| 2019 | 9285 | 0.002675073 | 15 | 9270 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8144 | 0.002437902 | 7 | 8137 | -100% |
| 2021 | 7489 | 0.002210482 | 10 | 7479 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7079 | 0.002092438 | 9 | 7070 | -100% |
| 2023 | 7227 | 0.002182595 | 6 | 7221 | -100% |
| 2024 | 7086 | 0.002128886 | 8 | 7078 | -100% |