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 | 0.000415175 | 80 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 109 | 0.000492026 | 109 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 86 | 0.000396414 | 86 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 117 | 0.00048057 | 117 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 111 | 0.00046086 | 111 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 112 | 0.00043867 | 112 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 108 | 0.000436552 | 108 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 114 | 0.000380669 | 114 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 118 | 0.000408381 | 118 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 86 | 0.000285334 | 86 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 113 | 0.00039418 | 113 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 132 | 0.000394768 | 132 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 108 | 0.00033208 | 108 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 124 | 0.000366116 | 124 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 112 | 0.000319069 | 112 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 123 | 0.000344071 | 123 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 100 | 0.00028822 | 100 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 133 | 0.000348664 | 133 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 101 | 0.00029773 | 101 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 130 | 0.000288721 | 130 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 89 | 0.000257365 | 89 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 104 | 0.00026892 | 104 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 102 | 0.000267575 | 102 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 97 | 0.000240405 | 97 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 107 | 0.000252403 | 107 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 136 | 0.000317423 | 136 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 124 | 0.000266442 | 124 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 152 | 0.00031106 | 152 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 147 | 0.000287545 | 147 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 197 | 0.000333496 | 197 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 225 | 0.000349228 | 5 | 220 | -96% |
| 1912 | 380 | 0.000384592 | 380 | -100% | |
| 1913 | 491 | 0.000431796 | 491 | -100% | |
| 1914 | 613 | 0.000432804 | 613 | -100% | |
| 1915 | 798 | 0.000435487 | 798 | -100% | |
| 1916 | 825 | 0.000426485 | 825 | -100% | |
| 1917 | 862 | 0.000429549 | 862 | -100% | |
| 1918 | 963 | 0.000443552 | 963 | -100% | |
| 1919 | 879 | 0.000416538 | 879 | -100% | |
| 1920 | 967 | 0.000427375 | 967 | -100% | |
| 1921 | 919 | 0.00039366 | 5 | 914 | -99% |
| 1922 | 982 | 0.00042898 | 982 | -100% | |
| 1923 | 935 | 0.000406081 | 935 | -100% | |
| 1924 | 851 | 0.00035732 | 851 | -100% | |
| 1925 | 840 | 0.000360002 | 840 | -100% | |
| 1926 | 782 | 0.000340608 | 6 | 776 | -98% |
| 1927 | 795 | 0.000342768 | 5 | 790 | -99% |
| 1928 | 784 | 0.000346764 | 784 | -100% | |
| 1929 | 732 | 0.000333916 | 5 | 727 | -99% |
| 1930 | 665 | 0.000299108 | 8 | 657 | -98% |
| 1931 | 608 | 0.000288926 | 608 | -100% | |
| 1932 | 702 | 0.000332502 | 702 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 581 | 0.000290586 | 581 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 615 | 0.000296134 | 5 | 610 | -98% |
| 1935 | 654 | 0.000312946 | 654 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 608 | 0.000292656 | 608 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 606 | 0.000284424 | 606 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 607 | 0.000274342 | 607 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 622 | 0.00028229 | 622 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 669 | 0.000290541 | 5 | 664 | -99% |
| 1941 | 727 | 0.000298398 | 727 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 842 | 0.00030823 | 842 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 822 | 0.000291231 | 822 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 765 | 0.000284386 | 765 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 730 | 0.000275176 | 730 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 896 | 0.000280416 | 5 | 891 | -99% |
| 1947 | 1046 | 0.000290376 | 1046 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 1060 | 0.000307026 | 5 | 1055 | -99% |
| 1949 | 1219 | 0.000349814 | 1219 | -100% | |
| 1950 | 1300 | 0.000371068 | 1300 | -100% | |
| 1951 | 1603 | 0.000435153 | 1603 | -100% | |
| 1952 | 2035 | 0.000535803 | 2035 | -100% | |
| 1953 | 2381 | 0.000617862 | 7 | 2374 | -99% |
| 1954 | 2688 | 0.000675256 | 2688 | -100% | |
| 1955 | 3286 | 0.000818417 | 6 | 3280 | -100% |
| 1956 | 4373 | 0.001060614 | 8 | 4365 | -100% |
| 1957 | 5241 | 0.001247117 | 6 | 5235 | -100% |
| 1958 | 6385 | 0.00154497 | 15 | 6370 | -100% |
| 1959 | 6568 | 0.001580091 | 22 | 6546 | -99% |
| 1960 | 6942 | 0.001671043 | 12 | 6930 | -100% |
| 1961 | 7089 | 0.001711936 | 18 | 7071 | -99% |
| 1962 | 7298 | 0.001808653 | 10 | 7288 | -100% |
| 1963 | 8054 | 0.002034563 | 21 | 8033 | -99% |
| 1964 | 9006 | 0.002316553 | 20 | 8986 | -100% |
| 1965 | 10010 | 0.002760903 | 24 | 9986 | -100% |
| 1966 | 10845 | 0.003120297 | 39 | 10806 | -99% |
| 1967 | 13619 | 0.004011475 | 49 | 13570 | -99% |
| 1968 | 15906 | 0.004707927 | 76 | 15830 | -99% |
| 1969 | 17532 | 0.005044242 | 70 | 17462 | -99% |
| 1970 | 20257 | 0.00561629 | 64 | 20193 | -99% |
| 1971 | 22638 | 0.006595227 | 93 | 22545 | -99% |
| 1972 | 23059 | 0.007335877 | 119 | 22940 | -99% |
| 1973 | 24645 | 0.008168384 | 110 | 24535 | -99% |
| 1974 | 27315 | 0.008984588 | 108 | 27207 | -99% |
| 1975 | 28660 | 0.009490915 | 113 | 28547 | -99% |
| 1976 | 30095 | 0.009917176 | 140 | 29955 | -99% |
| 1977 | 32137 | 0.010116464 | 167 | 31970 | -99% |
| 1978 | 34454 | 0.010854419 | 156 | 34298 | -99% |
| 1979 | 35800 | 0.010759433 | 162 | 35638 | -99% |
| 1980 | 38036 | 0.011041445 | 193 | 37843 | -99% |
| 1981 | 43535 | 0.012583869 | 201 | 43334 | -99% |
| 1982 | 46336 | 0.013207988 | 273 | 46063 | -99% |
| 1983 | 50532 | 0.014590118 | 317 | 50215 | -99% |
| 1984 | 50075 | 0.014353336 | 293 | 49782 | -99% |
| 1985 | 47382 | 0.013275935 | 294 | 47088 | -99% |
| 1986 | 47209 | 0.013272323 | 282 | 46927 | -99% |
| 1987 | 46794 | 0.012978724 | 287 | 46507 | -99% |
| 1988 | 46134 | 0.012486336 | 253 | 45881 | -99% |
| 1989 | 45552 | 0.011849222 | 173 | 45379 | -99% |
| 1990 | 44942 | 0.011371658 | 125 | 44817 | -99% |
| 1991 | 41746 | 0.010717876 | 102 | 41644 | -100% |
| 1992 | 37827 | 0.009848309 | 93 | 37734 | -100% |
| 1993 | 35843 | 0.00950747 | 70 | 35773 | -100% |
| 1994 | 33727 | 0.009072847 | 74 | 33653 | -100% |
| 1995 | 32940 | 0.008995363 | 63 | 32877 | -100% |
| 1996 | 32142 | 0.00881347 | 68 | 32074 | -100% |
| 1997 | 31564 | 0.008706043 | 48 | 31516 | -100% |
| 1998 | 31199 | 0.008482643 | 55 | 31144 | -100% |
| 1999 | 30454 | 0.008245035 | 37 | 30417 | -100% |
| 2000 | 28620 | 0.007572194 | 44 | 28576 | -100% |
| 2001 | 26862 | 0.007176416 | 49 | 26813 | -100% |
| 2002 | 25188 | 0.006738734 | 34 | 25154 | -100% |
| 2003 | 24047 | 0.006325228 | 38 | 24009 | -100% |
| 2004 | 22986 | 0.006016712 | 105 | 22881 | -99% |
| 2005 | 21510 | 0.00559549 | 33 | 21477 | -100% |
| 2006 | 20357 | 0.005146743 | 22 | 20335 | -100% |
| 2007 | 18774 | 0.004697436 | 23 | 18751 | -100% |
| 2008 | 17619 | 0.004483859 | 23 | 17596 | -100% |
| 2009 | 16017 | 0.004194224 | 18 | 15999 | -100% |
| 2010 | 14156 | 0.003831716 | 15 | 14141 | -100% |
| 2011 | 14196 | 0.003882604 | 22 | 14174 | -100% |
| 2012 | 14006 | 0.003831264 | 21 | 13985 | -100% |
| 2013 | 13372 | 0.003669944 | 17 | 13355 | -100% |
| 2014 | 12950 | 0.003496045 | 15 | 12935 | -100% |
| 2015 | 12793 | 0.003459075 | 15 | 12778 | -100% |
| 2016 | 12667 | 0.003455397 | 12 | 12655 | -100% |
| 2017 | 11734 | 0.003284297 | 13 | 11721 | -100% |
| 2018 | 10005 | 0.002849007 | 10 | 9995 | -100% |
| 2019 | 9269 | 0.002674402 | 15 | 9254 | -100% |
| 2020 | 8127 | 0.002437626 | 7 | 8120 | -100% |
| 2021 | 7462 | 0.00220788 | 10 | 7452 | -100% |
| 2022 | 7034 | 0.002092272 | 9 | 7025 | -100% |