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
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 1,968 births
- Debut · boys
- 60 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 77,538since 1880
Mathew over time
Rank among boys' names. Mathew has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #973 | 235 | |
| 2024 | — | #936 | 246 | |
| 2023 | — | #897 | 259 | |
| 2022 | — | #878 | 271 | |
| 2021 | — | #782 | 315 | |
| 2020 | — | #711 | 352 | |
| 2019 | — | #670 | 389 | |
| 2018 | — | #578 | 479 | |
| 2017 | — | #551 | 503 | |
| 2016 | — | #523 | 565 | |
| 2015 | — | #477 | 628 | |
| 2014 | — | #465 | 625 | |
| 2013 | — | #431 | 674 | |
| 2012 | — | #427 | 656 | |
| 2011 | — | #408 | 691 | |
| 2010 | — | #401 | 700 | |
| 2009 | — | #380 | 799 | |
| 2008 | — | #368 | 833 | |
| 2007 | — | #346 | 926 | |
| 2006 | — | #316 | 1,011 | |
| 2005 | — | #300 | 1,093 | |
| 2004 | — | #291 | 1,092 | |
| 2003 | — | #279 | 1,125 | |
| 2002 | — | #273 | 1,121 | |
| 2001 | — | #259 | 1,272 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #251 | 1,343 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #227 | 1,471 |
| 1998 | — | #221 | 1,452 | |
| 1997 | — | #215 | 1,432 | |
| 1996 | — | #204 | 1,514 | |
| 1995 | — | #192 | 1,600 | |
| 1994 | — | #187 | 1,634 | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #187 | 1,705 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #174 | 1,833 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #161 | 1,984 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #148 | 2,174 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #143 | 2,162 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #142 | 2,061 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #140 | 2,045 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #141 | 1,967 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #148 | 1,880 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #139 | 1,968 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #146 | 1,866 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #160 | 1,712 |
| 1981 | — | #165 | 1,627 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #183 | 1,334 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #192 | 1,256 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #182 | 1,286 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #191 | 1,240 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #192 | 1,162 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #198 | 1,125 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #204 | 1,084 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #213 | 1,027 |
| 1972 | — | #237 | 905 | |
| 1971 | — | #244 | 935 | |
| 1970 | — | #265 | 829 | |
| 1969 | — | #297 | 655 | |
| 1968 | — | #302 | 617 | |
| 1967 | — | #301 | 594 | |
| 1966 | — | #342 | 476 | |
| 1965 | — | #365 | 443 | |
| 1964 | — | #371 | 448 | |
| 1963 | — | #393 | 412 | |
| 1962 | — | #440 | 325 | |
| 1961 | — | #427 | 347 | |
| 1960 | — | #438 | 336 | |
| 1959 | — | #417 | 359 | |
| 1958 | — | #421 | 348 | |
| 1957 | — | #493 | 251 | |
| 1956 | — | #499 | 230 | |
| 1955 | — | #555 | 175 | |
| 1954 | — | #537 | 183 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #591 | 140 | |
| 1951 | — | #633 | 124 | |
| 1950 | — | #731 | 88 | |
| 1949 | — | #634 | 116 | |
| 1948 | — | #744 | 82 | |
| 1947 | — | #711 | 93 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #636 | 90 | |
| 1944 | — | #712 | 76 | |
| 1943 | — | #709 | 82 | |
| 1942 | — | #729 | 78 | |
| 1941 | — | #677 | 82 | |
| 1940 | — | #631 | 89 | |
| 1939 | — | #738 | 66 | |
| 1938 | — | #683 | 78 | |
| 1937 | — | #691 | 75 | |
| 1936 | — | #633 | 83 | |
| 1935 | — | #618 | 90 | |
| 1934 | — | #630 | 91 | |
| 1933 | — | #614 | 89 | |
| 1932 | — | #588 | 101 | |
| 1931 | — | #596 | 97 | |
| 1930 | — | #549 | 120 | |
| 1929 | — | #505 | 136 | |
| 1928 | — | #489 | 154 | |
| 1927 | — | #500 | 147 | |
| 1926 | — | #465 | 167 | |
| 1925 | — | #475 | 163 | |
| 1924 | — | #442 | 192 | |
| 1923 | — | #457 | 178 | |
| 1922 | — | #421 | 203 | |
| 1921 | — | #444 | 192 | |
| 1920 | — | #408 | 207 | |
| 1919 | — | #368 | 247 | |
| 1918 | — | #409 | 206 | |
| 1917 | — | #389 | 208 | |
| 1916 | — | #372 | 217 | |
| 1915 | — | #376 | 204 | |
| 1914 | — | #397 | 143 | |
| 1913 | — | #349 | 140 | |
| 1912 | — | #342 | 121 | |
| 1911 | — | #432 | 45 | |
| 1910 | — | #345 | 53 | |
| 1909 | — | #365 | 42 | |
| 1908 | — | #413 | 33 | |
| 1907 | — | #286 | 54 | |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #322 | 34 | |
| 1902 | — | #302 | 40 | |
| 1901 | — | #275 | 39 | |
| 1900 | — | #271 | 57 | |
| 1899 | — | #276 | 39 | |
| 1898 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1897 | — | #244 | 50 | |
| 1896 | — | #290 | 40 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1893 | — | #279 | 39 | |
| 1892 | — | #239 | 55 | |
| 1891 | — | #240 | 44 | |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #216 | 67 | |
| 1887 | — | #299 | 31 | |
| 1886 | — | #248 | 48 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #233 | 53 | |
| 1883 | — | #273 | 37 | |
| 1882 | — | #245 | 47 | |
| 1881 | — | #205 | 55 | |
| 1880 | — | #200 | 60 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1984 at #139 (1,968 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 24.0% of all boys named Mathew (18,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 474 | #200 (1880) | #245 |
| 1890s | 415 | #239 (1892) | #274 |
| 1900s | 385 | #271 (1900) | #344 |
| 1910s | 1,584 | #342 (1912) | #378 |
| 1920s | 1,739 | #408 (1920) | #461 |
| 1930s | 890 | #549 (1930) | #634 |
| 1940s | 866 | #631 (1940) | #693 |
| 1950s | 2,059 | #417 (1959) | #543 |
| 1960s | 4,653 | #297 (1969) | #368 |
| 1970s | 10,849 | #182 (1978) | #212 |
| 1980s | 18,622 | #139 (1984) | #151 |
| 1990s | 16,799 | #148 (1990) | #192 |
| 2000s | 10,615 | #251 (2000) | #306 |
| 2010s | 5,910 | #401 (2010) | #493 |
| 2020s | 1,678 | #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 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
Top boys' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 363,207 of them was named Mathew, which outranked 14.9% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 1,462 of them was named Mathew, which outranked 97.9% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).