Matthew Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Matthew: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,654,075 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,654,075

Peak year

1983 #3

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-30.7%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	14,184	#12
2012	13,993	#12
2013	13,364	#15
2014	12,944	#16
2015	12,785	#15
2016	12,665	#15
2017	11,732	#16
2018	10,009	#20
2019	9,277	#23
2020	8,142	#30
2021	7,489	#36
2022	7,077	#39
2023	7,234	#32
2024	7,107	#33
2025	7,003	#32

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1983

4,697

3,236

2,954

2,903

2,774

2,477

Names from the same era

Jerrod · 1983 Christopher · 1984 Adam · 1984 Marcus · 1984 Cedric · 1982 Darnell · 1984 Brenton · 1984 Donnell · 1982 Jamaal · 1982 Marques · 1984

Names similar to Matthew

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