Matteus — #8016 US boys' name
215 babies named Matteus in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Matteus was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Matteus in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Matteus
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Matteus between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Matteus currently holds the #8016 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Matteus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Matteus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Matteus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Matteus 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 215 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.
Matteus at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Matteus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2007)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #8016 among boys.
215 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 16 births in a single year.
Matteus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 96 births that decade — 45% of Matteus's all-time total
Matteus decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Matteus's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Matteus by state
Where Matteus concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 5.1% |
11 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% 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, 1999–2024 (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.