Matthew

Matthew was the #32 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,003 babies), and #153 in England & Wales and #70 in Canada.

Matthew as a boy’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#32 (7,003)	#153 (353)	#79 (65)	#61 (37)	#55 (98)	#70 (390)	—	—
2024	#33 (7,107)	#149 (355)	#73 (70)	#42 (49)	#42 (131)	#62 (424)	—	—
2023	#32 (7,234)	#137 (394)	#64 (78)	#57 (42)	#40 (134)	#70 (389)	#85 (93)	—
2022	#39 (7,077)	#118 (469)	#52 (98)	#31 (62)	#42 (146)	#79 (377)	#97 (95)	—
2021	#36 (7,489)	#123 (472)	#52 (100)	#34 (65)	#37 (170)	#71 (456)	#86 (106)	#92 (81)
2020	#30 (8,142)	#114 (492)	#55 (90)	#25 (72)	#39 (148)	#64 (466)	#74 (116)	#95 (76)
2019	#23 (9,277)	#99 (633)	#42 (122)	#16 (100)	#27 (222)	#51 (561)	#69 (131)	#85 (92)
2018	#20 (10,009)	#82 (757)	#34 (151)	#11 (119)	#23 (259)	#54 (589)	#70 (133)	#85 (79)
2017	#16 (11,732)	#67 (948)	#27 (190)	#11 (123)	#26 (256)	#38 (690)	#56 (164)	#66 (101)
2016	#15 (12,665)	#53 (1,110)	#22 (227)	#9 (142)	#29 (247)	#44 (678)	#53 (174)	#91 (75)
2015	#15 (12,785)	#47 (1,279)	#28 (202)	#7 (168)	#27 (279)	#38 (773)	#52 (177)	#74 (82)
2014	#16 (12,944)	#49 (1,216)	#29 (214)	#11 (146)	#28 (260)	#32 (841)	#42 (205)	#57 (107)
2013	#15 (13,364)	#47 (1,319)	#26 (229)	#7 (164)	#22 (323)	#29 (917)	#40 (211)	#56 (124)
2012	#12 (13,993)	#47 (1,518)	#29 (240)	#7 (196)	#24 (336)	#25 (989)	#40 (221)	#40 (151)
2011	#12 (14,184)	#43 (1,743)	#15 (305)	#3 (238)	#24 (331)	#20 (1,102)	#34 (260)	#43 (140)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 1983 at #3.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Boys	2025	about 1 in 240	common
England & Wales	Boys	2025	about 1 in 770	common
Scotland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 300	common
Northern Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 220	common
Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 240	common
Canada	Boys	2025	about 1 in 410	common

Next year

On its recent trend, Matthew is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Matthew (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#41	223
Quebec	2025	#209	26

Matthew (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Matthew	Canada	Girls	—	too few
Matthew	Canada	Boys	#70	390
Matthew	England & Wales	Boys	#153	353
Matthew	Ireland	Boys	#55	98
Matthew	Northern Ireland	Boys	#61	37
Matthew	NSW	Boys	—	too few
Matthew	Scotland	Boys	#79	65
Matthew	US	Girls	#14,942	5
Matthew	US	Boys	#32	7,003
Matthew	VIC	Boys	—	too few