Matthews
Boy · English
Matthews is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Matthews mean?
English
An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Matthew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Matthews a girl's or a boy's name?
Matthews is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matthews in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Matthews, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Matthews in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Matthews in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
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