Mathew

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031 · #973 for boys in 2025, 235 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#139
1984 · 1,968 births
Debut · boys
1880
60 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
77,538
since 1880

Mathew over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mathew has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #139, 1984boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#973235
2024—#936246
2023—#897259
2022—#878271
2021—#782315
2020—#711352
2019—#670389
2018—#578479
2017—#551503
2016—#523565
2015—#477628
2014—#465625
2013—#431674
2012—#427656
2011—#408691
2010—#401700
2009—#380799
2008—#368833
2007—#346926
2006—#3161,011
2005—#3001,093
2004—#2911,092
2003—#2791,125
2002—#2731,121
2001—#2591,272
2000#15,0315#2511,343
1999#14,4115#2271,471
1998—#2211,452
1997—#2151,432
1996—#2041,514
1995—#1921,600
1994—#1871,634
1993#7,49811#1871,705
1992#9,4918#1741,833
1991#8,5889#1611,984
1990#7,88010#1482,174
1989#8,0379#1432,162
1988#7,6919#1422,061
1987#5,31214#1402,045
1986#4,53917#1411,967
1985#4,45517#1481,880
1984#4,73715#1391,968
1983#6,21210#1461,866
1982#10,5175#1601,712
1981—#1651,627
1980#8,1787#1831,334
1979#5,75111#1921,256
1978#5,21412#1821,286
1977#9,6525#1911,240
1976#9,2845#1921,162
1975#7,1737#1981,125
1974#6,2588#2041,084
1973#6,0808#2131,027
1972—#237905
1971—#244935
1970—#265829
1969—#297655
1968—#302617
1967—#301594
1966—#342476
1965—#365443
1964—#371448
1963—#393412
1962—#440325
1961—#427347
1960—#438336
1959—#417359
1958—#421348
1957—#493251
1956—#499230
1955—#555175
1954—#537183
1953—#557161
1952—#591140
1951—#633124
1950—#73188
1949—#634116
1948—#74482
1947—#71193
1946—#74678
1945—#63690
1944—#71276
1943—#70982
1942—#72978
1941—#67782
1940—#63189
1939—#73866
1938—#68378
1937—#69175
1936—#63383
1935—#61890
1934—#63091
1933—#61489
1932—#588101
1931—#59697
1930—#549120
1929—#505136
1928—#489154
1927—#500147
1926—#465167
1925—#475163
1924—#442192
1923—#457178
1922—#421203
1921—#444192
1920—#408207
1919—#368247
1918—#409206
1917—#389208
1916—#372217
1915—#376204
1914—#397143
1913—#349140
1912—#342121
1911—#43245
1910—#34553
1909—#36542
1908—#41333
1907—#28654
1906—#48921
1905—#33736
1904—#37929
1903—#32234
1902—#30240
1901—#27539
1900—#27157
1899—#27639
1898—#27942
1897—#24450
1896—#29040
1895—#31633
1894—#32230
1893—#27939
1892—#23955
1891—#24044
1890—#25943
1889—#25142
1888—#21667
1887—#29931
1886—#24848
1885—#28434
1884—#23353
1883—#27337
1882—#24547
1881—#20555
1880—#20060
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mathew was already there! It came in at #200, and was given to 60 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1906, when fewer than 22 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mathew
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#936 → #973)
  • 262 spots since 2020 (#711 → #973)
  • 496 spots since 2015 (#477 → #973)
  • Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1907 (#489 → #286)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1906 (#337 → #489)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1984 at #139 (1,968 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 913
  • Highest: 1 in 913 boys born in 1987 were named Mathew (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,268 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #139 in 1984, was only 1 in 917 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 24.0% of all boys named Mathew (18,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s474#200 (1880)#245
1890s415#239 (1892)#274
1900s385#271 (1900)#344
1910s1,584#342 (1912)#378
1920s1,739#408 (1920)#461
1930s890#549 (1930)#634
1940s866#631 (1940)#693
1950s2,059#417 (1959)#543
1960s4,653#297 (1969)#368
1970s10,849#182 (1978)#212
1980s18,622#139 (1984)#151
1990s16,799#148 (1990)#192
2000s10,615#251 (2000)#306
2010s5,910#401 (2010)#493
2020s1,678#711 (2020)#863

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mathew in 1973

girls
#6,080
8 births · 1 in 182,276 girls
boys
#213
1,027 births · 1 in 1,518 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #6,080Mathew8

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #213Mathew1,027
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 182,276 of them was named Mathew, which outranked 38.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mathew
  1. #5,580Zona9
  2. #5,580Zora9
  3. #5,580Zorana9
  4. #6,080Mathew8
  5. #6,080Abril8
  6. #6,080Adine8
  7. #6,080Adrienna8
  8. #6,666Aaryn7
  9. #6,666Adonna7
  10. #6,666Afiya7

Tied with 585 names at #6,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,518 of them was named Mathew, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mathew
  1. #210Ramon1,031
  2. #210Warren1,031
  3. #212Daryl1,028
  4. #213Mathew1,027
  5. #214Trevor1,026
  6. #215Fred1,020
  7. #216Dana1,013
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →