Matthew Name Popularity

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How popular is Matthew?

In 2018 the very popular name Matthew, ranked the 20th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 50 most popular, Matthew has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Position 2, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1995 and as recently as 1996.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1983 with 50,217 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Matthew was 80 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1907-1916, 1938-1942, 1944-1958, and 1960-1983, the name Matthew took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1988-2017.

The popularity trend for Matthew has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Matthew for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Matthew?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Matthew is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Matthew (Girl)		Matthew (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		10	10,228	9,924	20
2017		12	9,118	11,671	16
2016		12	9,212	12,621	15
2015		15	7,846	12,749	15
2014		15	7,922	12,912	16
2013		17	7,261	13,338	15
2012		21	6,249	13,971	12
2011		22	6,067	14,166	12
2010		15	8,150	14,134	16
2009		18	7,234	15,986	13
2008		23	6,059	17,580	10
2007		23	6,018	18,739	9
2006		22	6,053	20,331	5
2005		33	4,235	21,468	4
2004		105	1,815	22,874	4
2003		38	3,704	24,001	4
2002		34	3,857	25,153	4
2001		49	2,945	26,808	3
2000		44	3,146	28,573	3
1999		37	3,414	30,415	3
1998		55	2,517	31,142	3
1997		48	2,643	31,514	3
1996		68	2,051	32,073	2
1995		63	2,143	32,875	2
1994		74	1,922	33,648	3
1993		70	2,002	35,770	3
1992		93	1,638	37,734	3
1991		102	1,529	41,640	3
1990		125	1,304	44,804	3
1989		173	1,000	45,374	3
1988		253	742	45,870	3
1987		287	658	46,481	3
1986		282	655	46,925	3
1985		294	636	47,079	3
1984		293	611	49,776	3
1983		317	570	50,217	3
1982		273	655	46,066	3
1981		201	802	43,333	3
1980		194	819	37,855	6
1979		162	917	35,657	6
1978		156	912	34,310	6
1977		167	869	31,973	9
1976		140	929	29,981	9
1975		113	1,052	28,550	9
1974		108	1,088	27,224	9
1973		110	1,056	24,546	10
1972		119	1,000	22,943	10
1971		93	1,220	22,556	19
1970		64	1,537	20,200	24
1969		70	1,377	17,468	24
1968		76	1,263	15,836	24
1967		49	1,632	13,579	28
1966		39	1,845	10,809	34
1965		24	2,514	9,991	36
1964		20	2,882	8,984	43
1963		21	2,754	8,035	50
1962		10	4,435	7,286	56
1961		18	3,032	7,073	59
1960		12	3,850	6,925	61
1959		22	2,497	6,553	63
1958		15	3,183	6,374	60
1957		6	5,846	5,225	83
1956		8	4,709	4,363	90
1955		6	5,624	3,280	105
1954		< 5	--	2,686	124
1953		7	4,879	2,375	130
1952		< 5	--	2,037	142
1951		< 5	--	1,604	163
1950		< 5	--	1,301	173
1949		< 5	--	1,219	177
1948		5	5,747	1,054	190
1947		< 5	--	1,046	196
1946		5	5,432	891	194
1945		< 5	--	730	198
1944		< 5	--	765	196
1943		< 5	--	820	197
1942		< 5	--	841	189
1941		< 5	--	729	197
1940		5	4,815	664	198
1939		< 5	--	622	202
1938		< 5	--	607	205
1937		< 5	--	606	201
1936		< 5	--	608	202
1935		< 5	--	654	195
1934		5	4,748	610	202
1933		< 5	--	581	201
1932		< 5	--	703	188
1931		< 5	--	607	209
1930		8	3,549	657	204
1929		5	5,039	727	189
1928		< 5	--	784	182
1927		5	5,346	790	183
1926		6	4,663	775	186
1925		< 5	--	840	174
1924		< 5	--	851	171
1923		< 5	--	935	163
1922		< 5	--	983	159
1921		5	5,627	914	162
1920		< 5	--	967	152
1919		< 5	--	879	152
1918		< 5	--	963	148
1917		< 5	--	862	149
1916		< 5	--	825	148
1915		< 5	--	798	150
1914		< 5	--	613	151
1913		< 5	--	491	151
1912		< 5	--	380	156
1911		5	2,724	220	153
1910		< 5	--	197	158
1909		< 5	--	147	170
1908		< 5	--	152	157
1907		< 5	--	124	174
1906		< 5	--	136	150
1905		< 5	--	107	177
1904		< 5	--	97	186
1903		< 5	--	102	167
1902		< 5	--	104	170
1901		< 5	--	90	166
1900		< 5	--	130	162
1899		< 5	--	101	151
1898		< 5	--	133	135
1897		< 5	--	100	156
1896		< 5	--	123	136
1895		< 5	--	112	139
1894		< 5	--	124	132
1893		< 5	--	108	138
1892		< 5	--	132	128
1891		< 5	--	113	123
1890		< 5	--	86	165
1889		< 5	--	118	118
1888		< 5	--	114	136
1887		< 5	--	108	123
1886		< 5	--	112	124
1885		< 5	--	111	124
1884		< 5	--	117	124
1883		< 5	--	86	152
1882		< 5	--	109	127
1881		< 5	--	80	157
1880		< 5	--	113	117

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.