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Matthew
Pronounced /ˈmæθjuː/
Rank in 2024
#11,452
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1983 · #570
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:7,078 in 2024 (#33)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Matthew, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1983 with 317 babies, ranked #570.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 5,575 girls have been named Matthew since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Matthew per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 21 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 155 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,683 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,969 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 587 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 137 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From earlier Matheu, from Old French Mathieu, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Aramaic מַתַּי (mattay). Compare Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”). Doublet of Mattathias.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmæθjuː/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Matthew, CC BY-SA 4.0.