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How popular is “Matthews” in the USA?

Number of people named “Matthews” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Matthews” 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 “Matthews” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Matthews” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Matthews” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Matthews” by birth year

This chart shows how “Matthews” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 10 0.000003661 10 -100%
1943 10 0.000003543 10 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 14 0.0000038 14 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 11 0.000002661 11 -100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1972 15 0.000004773 15 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 14 0.000004208 14 -100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 23 -100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 -100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 -100%
1986 30 0.000008434 30 -100%
1987 28 0.000007766 28 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 -100%
1990 25 0.000006325 25 -100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 19 0.000005039 19 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 17 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 23 0.000006227 23 -100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 -100%
2001 13 0.000003473 13 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
2006 13 0.000003286 13 -100%
2007 20 0.000005003 20 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 14 0.000004191 14 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 17 0.000005134 17 -100%
2024 22 0.00000661 22 -100%

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