Matvei

#9,414 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Matvey

Matvei has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #9,414 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Matvei, 2025

1 in 414,000

Matvei over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Matvei: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Matvey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Matvei means

Matvei is a alternate transcription of Matvey.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Matvey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 87 boys were recorded with the name Matvei between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2018; its best national rank was #7,958 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,213 in 2020 to #9,414 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,240 in 2015 to #9,414 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Matvei?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,414; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Matvei sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Matvei. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Matveis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Matvei was born before 2018 — so the typical Matvei is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 56.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 87; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 56.3% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Matvei rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +4,115; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +799; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +826; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.14×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 80.0%; Peak was 2018 (10)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,958; 2018

Spellings of Matvei

Matvei is not the most common spelling — Mateo is, with 51.8% against Matvei's 0.04%.

Mateo51.8%126,693
Mathew31.7%77,538
Matteo13.7%33,483
Matheo1.0%2,451
Marvel0.56%1,371
Mattew0.50%1,234
Marven0.29%714
Mateen0.26%633

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Matvei around the world

Where Matvei ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2024
#3,689
in 2024
France
2000–2025
#6,267
in 2025
Canada
2017–2021
#2,155
in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Matvei by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,414
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 799
Best rank ever: #7,958; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 10 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 87
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Matvei

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Matviy Mataio Mataeo Matrix Matyas Matvii Matvey Matis Matrim Mattia Matayo Matty Matthe Mato Matthais Matao Mattis Mathius Mattan Mattix Matais Mathan Matei Mateen

Sibling names for Matvei

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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