boys:
1.6k births since 1988
#3096 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1988
#6181 (20th percentile)
The name Matheus is the #6,181 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,565 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 20.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,096 (32.5% percentile) for all time with 1,565 births since 1988.
Matheus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988). Birth data for Matheus is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Matheus reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #784) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 47 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Matheus ranks #857 for boys (5.9% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 68.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matheus".
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Our model has identified 24 different pronunciations for the name Matheus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 12.8% confident that Matheus is pronounced as MA-thoyz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-THAY-uhs, at 12.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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