Matheus
Masculine · “gift of the Lord”
Matheus is the Portuguese of Matthew — gift of the Lord — and the tax collector who wrote a gospel carries it.
How old is the name Matheus?
Matheus first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Matheus alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,700 people named Matheus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Matheus most popular?
Matheus peaked in 2007, reaching #1516 nationally. Today it ranks #2183, 667 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
Where it comes from
From Mattityahu to Matheus
The story of Matheus
The gospel names Matthew as a tax collector called from his booth, and the first gospel is attributed to him. Portuguese made Matheus and Mateus, both current in Brazil. The name is among the most-used Brazilian boys' names and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
gift of the Lord
Through Matthew, from the Hebrew Mattityahu — mattan, 'gift', and Yahu, the divine name. Greek rendered it Matthaios and Latin Matthaeus. Matheus is the Portuguese spelling. The Hebrew is transparent and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- Mattityahu
- Matthaeus
- Matheus
Related forms: Matheus · Mateus · Matthew
Pronouncing Matheus
mah-TEH-oos
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Brazilian Portuguese gives the final s a sh sound in some regions.
Nicknames for Matheus
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1988
- Most boys named
- 2007104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1516reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- +12.1%65 in 2025, from 58
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Matheus in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Matheus in Portuguese — same name
- Mateus in Portuguese — spelling variant
- Matthew in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Massachusetts, Florida, California.
Matheuss among us
people named Matheus are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,278 born in 2025 was named Matheus
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Matheus
- #2183
- Matheus on the 2025 chart
- #856
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Matheus went to 65 boys in 2025, but Mattheus is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 72, which makes it the 856th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,327 places above the chart.
- Matheus65
- Mattheus7
About 1 boy in 23,723 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 26,278 for Matheus itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Zacharia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Matheus's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zacharia climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zacharia's path sketches the road Matheus is walking now.
Matheus sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Matheus is headed
Matheus should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Matheus beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Matheus in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The gift-of-God meaning is transparent and about as good as meanings get.
- Matt is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- It is among the most-used names in Brazil.
- Matheus and Mateus are both standard in Portuguese.
- Matthew is what English speakers will substitute.
- The h is silent and invites misspelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Matheuss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Matheus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Matheus?
- Matheus is the most-used spelling in US records — 65 of the 72 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Mattheus.
- How popular is the name Matheus in 2025?
- Matheus ranks #2183 among US boy names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Matheus?
- About 1 in every 26,278 US boys born in 2025 was named Matheus — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Matheus with classmates?
- Matheus will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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