OK, so this is how I ended up working with three different guys named Matt

Really we need the data on babies born 30 years ago, but this is still pretty stunning:

Argentina: MatÃas, #3; Mateo, #13
Australia/New South Wales: Matthew, #21
Australia/Victoria: Matthew, #21
Austria: Matthias, #19
Belgium: Mathis, #9; Matteo, #22; Mathias, #23; Mathéo, #35; Mats, #89; Mathieu, #90; Matthias, #97
Brazil: Matheus, #4
Canada/Alberta: Matthew, #8
Canada/British Columbia: Matthew, #6
Canada/Ontario: Matthew, #2
Canada/Quebec: Mathis, #11; Mathieu, #35; Mathias, #47; Matthew, #76; Mathys, #78; Matis, #84
Canada/Saskatchewan: Matthew, #10
Chile: Matias, #4
Czech Republic: Matej, #7; Matyas, #17; Matous, #25
Denmark: Mathias, #11, Mads, #12
England: Matthew, #24
Finland: Matias, #4
France: Mathis, #3
Georgia: Mate, #8
Germany: Matthis, #87
Hungary: Máté, #2; Matyas, #53
Iceland: Matthias, #32
Ireland: Matthew, #17
Italy: Matteo, #4; Mattia, #7
Lithuania: Matas, #1
Netherlands: Thijs, #13
New Zealand: Matthew, #21
Northern Ireland: Matthew, #2
Norway: Mathias, #1, Mats, #56, Mads, #95
Poland: Mateusz, #3; Maciej, #11
Scotland: Matthew, #9
Slovenia: Matic, #8; Matevž, #28; Matej, #30; Matija, #32
Spain: Mateo, #62
Sweden: Mattias, #82
Switzerland (Italian): Mattia, #4
United States: Matthew, #10

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Here in Brazil every single Mateus, or its variations, who has a brother its name is Lucas. And almost always Mateus is the older one. I don't know why, but this is true.

Sports team. 12 guys. 4 Matts. One Matt leaves and is replaced by another Matt.

#2: so they skip Marcus?

BTW, this blog still doesn't appear in the blog menu. And the entries do not appear in the 24h feed.

By Lassi Hippeläinen (not verified) on 03 Nov 2009 #permalink

Eric: Good point.

Doug: That link is OK but the Baby Name Wizard (see link in blogroll under Social and Political Science) is much better.