Matheus — #2409 US boys' name
1,623 babies named Matheus in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Matheus was born in this single decade.
104 babies were named Matheus in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matheus
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,623 babies named Matheus between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matheus currently holds the #2409 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 104 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matheus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 660 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Matheus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 442 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Matheus in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matheus 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 1,623 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.
Matheus at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Matheus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2007)
- 104
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #2409 among boys.
1,623 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 104 births in a single year.
Matheus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 660 births that decade — 41% of Matheus's all-time total
Matheus decade highlights
- Peak decade 660 births
- Runner-up 538 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Matheus's strongest decade
660 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Matheus by state
Where Matheus concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 442 | 27.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 234 | 14.4% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 129 | 7.9% |
| #4 | California | | 86 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 65 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Connecticut | | 42 | 2.6% |
| #7 | New York | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 21 | 1.3% |
442 of 1,623 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 27.2% of nationwide
- Florida 14.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.9% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 27.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Matheus appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1988–2024 (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.