Matthew
Matthew holds the #32 spot in the 2025 national count, sitting where it has sat for years. First recorded 1880, best year 1983, 1,654,075 bearers across the whole run.
What Matthew carries
Matthew · Hebrew
“gift of the Lord”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Matthew’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Matthew, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Matthew since 1880
Matthew peaked in 1983 at #3; #32 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Matthew is most common
Among the states, Matthew takes its largest share in Alaska, 0.84% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Connecticut and Florida next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Matthew
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Molly
#196 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Daniel
#22 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Madeline
#81 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sarah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Adam
#101 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Matthew
How popular is the name Matthew?
Matthew holds the #32 spot in the 2025 national count, sitting where it has sat for years. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Matthew?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “gift of the Lord”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Matthew?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Molly, Jacob and Daniel, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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