Matthew Boy Name

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The name Matthew is of Hebrew origin, and means gift from Yahweh. The table below indicates the number of times the name Matthew has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Matthew**
Use of the Name Matthew for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
1,388,607	1,345,427	936,399	284,443	126,576	46,278	22,458

The table below indicates the number of times the name Matthew has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Matthew**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	117	113
1881	152	81
1882	127	109
1883	152	86
1884	124	117
1885	124	111
1886	124	112
1887	123	108
1888	136	115
1889	118	119
1890	165	86
1891	123	113
1892	128	132
1893	138	108
1894	132	124
1895	139	112
1896	136	123
1897	156	100
1898	135	133
1899	151	101
1900	160	131
1901	166	90
1902	170	104
1903	167	102
1904	186	97
1905	178	107
1906	150	137
1907	174	124
1908	154	154
1909	170	147
1910	158	197
1911	152	220
1912	156	380
1913	151	488
1914	151	614
1915	149	798
1916	148	826
1917	149	865
1918	149	964
1919	153	874
1920	152	968
1921	162	912
1922	158	983
1923	163	938
1924	170	851
1925	175	838
1926	185	773
1927	182	793
1928	182	784
1929	189	727
1930	204	653
1931	209	606
1932	188	706
1933	202	581
1934	203	605
1935	194	656
1936	202	607
1937	201	604
1938	205	608
1939	200	623
1940	198	665
1941	198	724
1942	187	844
1943	198	811
1944	195	766
1945	198	739
1946	195	885
1947	196	1,035
1948	189	1,067
1949	177	1,216
1950	172	1,305
1951	163	1,595
1952	142	2,037
1953	130	2,371
1954	124	2,682
1955	105	3,284
1956	90	4,360
1957	83	5,220
1958	60	6,361
1959	63	6,554
1960	61	6,922
1961	59	7,072
1962	56	7,278
1963	50	8,037
1964	43	8,979
1965	36	9,992
1966	34	10,785
1967	28	13,561
1968	24	15,790
1969	24	17,470
1970	24	20,157
1971	19	22,495
1972	10	22,892	994	120
1973	10	24,490
1974	9	27,161
1975	9	28,499
1976	9	29,945	924	141
1977	9	31,909	871	166
1978	6	34,239	911	156
1979	6	35,576	907	164
1980	6	37,794	819	193
1981	3	43,261	802	201
1982	3	45,991	653	273
1983	3	50,151	571	315
1984	3	49,705	606	294
1985	3	47,040	634	294
1986	3	46,860	655	282
1987	3	46,474	655	288
1988	3	45,803	740	253
1989	3	45,379	999	173
1990	3	44,782
1991	3	41,620
1992	3	37,721
1993	3	35,747
1994	3	33,628
1995	2	32,849
1996	2	32,057
1997	3	31,480
1998	3	31,105
1999	3	30,376
2000	3	28,506
2001	3	26,728
2002	4	25,064
2003	4	23,820
2004	4	22,458
Totals:		1,388,607		3,313

During the last 125 years, parents have used Matthew as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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