Atthew — boys' name
194 babies named Atthew in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Atthew was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Atthew in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Atthew
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Atthew between 1970 and 1989, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Atthew currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Atthew performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Atthew shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Atthew in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Atthew in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 194 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Atthew at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Atthew popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1970
- Peak year (1983)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
194 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 22 births in a single year.
Atthew by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 153 births that decade — 79% of Atthew's all-time total
Atthew decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Atthew's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Atthew by state
Where Atthew concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.