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Matthew is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity increased from the 1930s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked in 1983 with 2.696% of baby boys being named Matthew. Its ranking then was #3. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.845% and its ranking #9, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2007, Matthew was more frequently used than the next most popular name, Mathew (English), by 20 times. Matthew has predominantly been a boy name, though in the past century it has also been used for girls. In 1989, boys named Matthew outnumbered girls by 249 times. Baby names that sound like Matthew include Mathew (English), Mathieu (French), Mahmood (Turkish), Mahmud (Turkish), Matej (Slavic), Mateu (Catalan), Mati (Estonian), Matthieu (French), Matti (Finnish), Mattie (English), Mehmet (Turkish), Metod (Slavic), Modya (Russian), Monty (English), Motya (Russian), Mahomet (Arabic), Mateo (Spanish), Matt (English and French), Matteo (Italian), Máté (Hungarian), Mehmed (Turkish), Mehmood (Turkish), Mehmud (Turkish), Metody (Polish), Mohamed (Arabic), Mohammad (Arabic), Mohammed (Arabic), Muhamed (Arabic), Muhammad (Arabic), and Muhammed (Arabic). KEY: Pronunciation for Matthew: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" Details of famous persons named Matthew:
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