Matheus Boy
How popular is Matheus?
#2,183 boy name in 2025
65 baby boys were named Matheus in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
Matheus popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,183 for boys (▲ 210 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,148 in 2015, #2,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (104 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,516 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Matheus counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Matheus family of names ranked #1,677 for boys in 2025 (#1,860 the year before), with 77 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Matheus | 65 | 84% |
| Mattheus | 7 | 9% |
| Matheis | 5 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Matheus is most popular
Babies named Matheus per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (30 boys)
Matheus by decade
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Questions
- Is Matheus a boy or girl name?
- Matheus is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Matheus were boys.
- How popular is the name Matheus?
- 65 baby boys were named Matheus in the US in 2025, making it the 2183rd most popular boy name.
- When was Matheus most popular?
- Matheus peaked in 2007, when 104 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,516 in 2007.
- How many people are named Matheus?
- 1,688 babies have been named Matheus in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,670 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Matheus most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Matheus was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.