Boys' name · since 1925
Mattew
Mattew has 1,234 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,828 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,234
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mattew currently ranks #9828 among boys' names in America, with 1,234 babies recorded since 1925.
Mattew has 1,234 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9828 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #4,492 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,828 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,234 born since 1925
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mattew ranks #4,492 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,828 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,234 born since 1925, peaking in the 1980s.
- #4,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,828 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,234
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mattew's 1,234 recorded births place it above 90.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mattew compares
1,234 Top 29% higher than 71% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mattew's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mattew | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,234 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mattew's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mattew splits its recorded history at 1992: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mattew popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Mattew by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (433 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Mattew's strongest decade.
433 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mattew births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 78
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
191 births
- 1980s
1980s
433 births
- 1990s
1990s
189 births
- 2000s 144
2000s
144 births
- 2010s 129
2010s
129 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 433 births (35% of all-time use).
How Mattew compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Mattew's total volume
Mattew by state
Where Mattew concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 56 | 4.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 27 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
56 of 1,234 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Mattew's data
- Mattew's decade-level peak was the 1980s (433 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mattews (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mattew: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~100 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1925–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mattew 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 August 2026.