# Matheus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/matheus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,688 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,688 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 213, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,536 |
| 2012 | 48 | 2,578 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,613 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,505 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,200 |
| 2016 | 47 | 2,649 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,701 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,969 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,103 |
| 2020 | 48 | 2,644 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,610 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,931 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,355 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Matheus

- Matheus Cunha, Brazilian association football player do brazilian player (born 1999)
- Matheus Fernandes, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Leite Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Matheus Pereira, Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
- Matheus Humberto Maximiano, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Ferraz, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Jesus, Brazilian association football player (1997-)
- Matheus Sávio, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus França de Oliveira, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Saldanha, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Henrique, Brazilian footballer
- Matheus Biteco, Brazilian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.