Matthews Popularity by Year
Follow Matthews across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Matthews birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Down 3,108 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 22 | #4,571 | Up 899 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 17 | #5,470 | Up 4,353 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 7 | #9,823 | Down 1,657 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 9 | #8,166 | Down 2,186 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 14 | #5,980 | Up 3,776 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 7 | #9,756 | Down 2,139 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 10 | #7,617 | Up 523 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 9 | #8,140 | Down 535 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 10 | #7,605 | Down 2,316 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 17 | #5,289 | Up 2,273 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 10 | #7,562 | Down 25 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Up 1,327 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 8 | #8,864 | Up 1,944 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Down 3,217 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 10 | #7,591 | Down 1,496 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 14 | #6,095 | Down 25 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 14 | #6,070 | Down 1,430 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 20 | #4,640 | Up 1,454 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 13 | #6,094 | Down 1,896 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 21 | #4,198 | Up 1,294 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 14 | #5,492 | Down 1,066 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 18 | #4,426 | Down 104 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 18 | #4,322 | Up 1,068 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 13 | #5,390 | Down 2,468 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 30 | #2,922 | Up 454 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 23 | #3,376 | Up 821 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 16 | #4,197 | Up 49 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 15 | #4,246 | Down 61 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 15 | #4,185 | Down 492 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 17 | #3,693 | Up 1,416 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 11 | #5,109 | Down 1,741 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 19 | #3,368 | Down 263 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 21 | #3,105 | Up 900 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 14 | #4,005 | Down 1,377 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 25 | #2,628 | Down 13 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 24 | #2,615 | Down 909 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 41 | #1,706 | Up 409 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 28 | #2,115 | Down 153 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 30 | #1,962 | Up 465 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 21 | #2,427 | Down 737 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 34 | #1,690 | Up 215 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 28 | #1,905 | Up 364 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 22 | #2,269 | Down 65 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 23 | #2,204 | Up 413 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 18 | #2,617 | Up 401 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 14 | #3,018 | Down 450 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 17 | #2,568 | Down 110 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 18 | #2,458 | Up 806 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 11 | #3,264 | Down 976 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 19 | #2,288 | Up 1,030 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 10 | #3,318 | Up 736 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Down 1,636 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 15 | #2,418 | Up 268 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 13 | #2,686 | Down 473 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 17 | #2,213 | Up 648 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 10 | #2,861 | Down 967 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 18 | #1,894 | Up 12 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 17 | #1,906 | Up 559 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 11 | #2,465 | Down 547 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 17 | #1,918 | Up 1,683 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 6 | #3,601 | Down 283 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Down 954 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 12 | #2,364 | Up 342 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 10 | #2,706 | Down 283 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 12 | #2,423 | Down 9 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 12 | #2,414 | Up 92 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 11 | #2,506 | Down 131 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Up 122 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 11 | #2,497 | Up 267 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 9 | #2,764 | Down 21 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 9 | #2,743 | Down 843 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 17 | #1,900 | Up 476 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 11 | #2,376 | Down 321 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 14 | #2,055 | Down 114 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 15 | #1,941 | Up 1,078 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 7 | #3,019 | Down 992 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 14 | #2,027 | Up 49 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 14 | #2,076 | Up 614 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 8 | #2,690 | Down 764 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 13 | #1,926 | Down 36 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 14 | #1,890 | Up 515 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 10 | #2,405 | Down 19 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 10 | #2,386 | Down 483 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 1,577 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 5 | #3,480 | Down 834 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Up 529 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 6 | #3,175 | Down 546 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Up 322 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 7 | #2,951 | Down 388 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Down 470 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 12 | #2,093 | Up 545 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 9 | #2,638 | Up 226 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Down 255 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 10 | #2,609 | Down 410 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 13 | #2,199 | Up 644 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 9 | #2,843 | Down 320 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 11 | #2,523 | Up 43 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 11 | #2,566 | Up 370 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 9 | #2,936 | Down 804 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 15 | #2,132 | Down 112 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 16 | #2,020 | Up 610 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 11 | #2,630 | Down 128 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 12 | #2,502 | Down 682 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 19 | #1,820 | Up 153 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 16 | #1,973 | Up 287 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 13 | #2,260 | Down 72 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 13 | #2,188 | Up 201 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 11 | #2,389 | Up 693 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | Down 811 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 9 | #2,271 | Up 2 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 7 | #2,273 | Down 4 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 6 | #2,269 | Down 882 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 7 | #1,387 | Down 110 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 6 | #1,277 | Down 24 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 5 | #1,253 | Down 123 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 5 | #1,130 | Down 56 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 5 | #1,074 | Down 131 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | — |