Boy
Matthew
As a boy's name, Matthew traces back to Hebrew, where it is understood to mean "Gift of God". It peaked back in the 1980s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name nearly everyone knows. Its single strongest year on record was 1983.
HebrewGift of God
HebrewGiven by the Lord
Births by decade
1900s
1,189
1910s
6,233
1920s
8,588
1930s
6,268
1940s
8,774
1950s
35,864
1960s
106,339
1970s
279,191
1980s
461,522
1990s
352,341
2000s
221,882
2010s
105,558
Peaked in the 1980s · 1,593,749 total U.S. births since 1900