Mattheus — #11434 US boys' name
214 babies named Mattheus in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Mattheus was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Mattheus in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mattheus
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Mattheus between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mattheus currently holds the #11434 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mattheus performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mattheus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mattheus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mattheus 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 214 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.
Mattheus at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mattheus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2007)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #11434 among boys.
214 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 15 births in a single year.
Mattheus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 84 births that decade — 39% of Mattheus's all-time total
Mattheus decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mattheus's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Mattheus by state
Where Mattheus concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 214 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 2.8% 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, 1995–2024 (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.