Matthew

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Matthew is an English language masculine given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name "ืžึทืชึดึผืชึฐื™ึธื”ื•ึผโ€Ž".

From Wikipedia

Matthew first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 4,204 babies (rank #2 that year). In 2024 it was given to 426 boys (rank #62). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Matthew

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Matthew yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

61,258
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
4,204
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19914,204#2
19923,825#2
19933,593#2
19942,982#2
19953,482#1
19963,360#1
19973,073#1
19983,066#1
19992,901#1
20002,702#1
20012,510#1
20022,308#2
20032,162#4
20042,148#3
20052,009#5
20061,835#7
20071,630#8
20081,582#12
20091,344#15
20101,217#16
20111,103#20
2012994#25
2013921#29
2014848#33
2015780#38
2016678#44
2017691#38
2018590#54
2019563#52
2020469#64
2021458#71
2022377#80
2023390#69
2024426#62