Matheson — #13065 US boys' name
132 babies named Matheson in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Matheson was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Matheson in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matheson
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Matheson between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matheson currently holds the #13065 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matheson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Matheson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matheson 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 132 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.
Matheson at a glance
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Current rank
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Matheson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #13065 among boys.
132 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 10 births in a single year.
Matheson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 61 births that decade — 46% of Matheson's all-time total
Matheson decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Matheson's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.