Hebrew Mattityahu, "gift of Yahweh" — gift of god. The tax collector who became an apostle and gospel writer.
Matthew ranks 32nd among American boys in 2025, with 7,008 born that year. Its best year was 1983, when 50,526 babies were given the name, ranking 3rd. The typical living American called Matthew is about 38 years old today. It is relatively most common in Alaska, where it accounts for 0.48% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.