Boys' name · since 1975
Matheu
214 babies named Matheu in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 214
- total births
- 1975–2015
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
Matheu sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 214 recorded since 1975.
Matheu has 214 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2015.
- 214 total births
- 1975–2015 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Matheu's 214 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Matheu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Matheu's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Matheu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2015
- Peak year (2006)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Matheu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Matheu's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Matheu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 128 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Matheu's decade-level peak was the 2000s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Matheu: Baby Name Since 1975 - 214 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/matheu. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Matheu draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.