How popular is the baby name Matthew in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Matthew.
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Which boy names decreased in usage the most from 2020 to 2021?
Here’s a table of the fastest-falling boy names of 2021. On the left are the top 25 decreases in terms of absolute numbers of babies, and on the right are the top 25 decreases in terms of relative numbers of babies.
Rank
Boy name
Absolute fall
Boy name
Relative fall
1
Mason
-1,035
Aldair
-70%
2
Alexander
-880
Vinson
-64%
3
Jacob
-860
Rishik
-64%
4
Michael
-742
Sylar
-62%
5
Ethan
-717
Kassian
-62%
6
Matthew
-685
Babyboy
-62%
7
Connor
-650
Adrain
-61%
8
Ryan
-613
Kiari
-61%
9
Hunter
-595
Princeston
-60%
10
William
-525
Graycen
-58%
11
Joshua
-509
Teagen
-58%
12
Emmanuel
-491
Mister
-58%
13
Jaxson
-489
Josyah
-58%
14
Christian
-487
Jaysean
-57%
15
Colton
-477
Janoah
-57%
16
Andrew
-466
Waseem
-57%
17
Brayden
-452
Shloime
-57%
18
Jaxon
-440
Siddhant
-56%
19
Karter
-434
Abdurahman
-56%
20
Carson
-430
Jabriel
-56%
21
Elijah
-428
Aran
-56%
22
Benjamin
-418
Januel
-55%
23
Daniel
-411
Dian
-55%
24
Kobe
-399
Trysten
-55%
25
Carter
-389
Greysin
-55%
Kobe was 2020’s largest absolute increase by a good margin. (The second name on that list, Theodore, broke into the top 10 in 2021.)
Here are the boy names that saw the steepest dives out of the data (i.e., to below 5 instances of usage) in 2021:
given to 26 babies in 2020: Burhanuddin
given to 20 babies in 2020: Bader
given to 18 babies in 2020: Hyatt, Reylan
given to 17 babies in 2020: Abdelrahman
given to 16 babies in 2020: Kymeir
Do you have thoughts/insights about any of the above names?
Years ago, I discovered three documents with relatively complete lists of births for the city of Providence, Rhode Island, for the years 1866, 1867, and 1868. I’ve already created Providence’s baby name rankings for 1866 and 1867 using the first two documents, and today (finally!) I’ve got the third set of rankings for you.
Let’s start with some stats:
1,762 babies were born in Providence in 1868, by my count. According to the introduction of the document I’m using a source, however, the total number is 1,866. I don’t know how to account for this discrepancy.
1,617 of these babies (791 girls and 826 boys) had names that were known at the time of publication. The other 145 babies got blank spaces. Either their names hadn’t been registered yet, or they hadn’t been named yet, or perhaps these babies died young and never received a name.
284 unique names (143 girl names and 141 boy names) were shared among these 1,617 babies.
And now, on to the names!
Top 5
A quick look at the top 5 girl names and boy names in Providence in 1868:
Top baby girl names
Top baby boy names
1. Mary 2. Catherine 3. Sarah 4. Ellen 5. Margaret
1. John 2. William 3. James 4. Charles 5. George
All Girl Names
Mary, 149 baby girls
Catherine, 39
Sarah, 38
Ellen, 31
Margaret, 28
Elizabeth, 25
Alice, 24
Anna, 20
Ann, 16
Emma, 14
Eliza, 13
Clara & Martha, 11 each (tie)
Hannah & Lucy, 10 each (tie)
Bridget, Grace, Jennie, Julia & Maria, 9 each (5-way tie)
Annie, Florence, Jane, Minnie & Susan, 8 each (5-way tie)
Agnes, Caroline, Cora, Ella & Harriet, 7 each (5-way tie)
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