Mathews

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894

Peak · boys
1901 · 7 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
452
since 1896

Mathews over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mathews has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #858, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#9,8947
2023#10,8216
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#10,7446
2015
2014
2013#9,6557
2012#7,55910
2011#10,8086
2010#7,59110
2009
2008#6,39313
2007#5,43416
2006#5,07217
2005#5,87513
2004#7,5369
2003#5,27114
2002#6,08811
2001#7,5368
2000#5,58812
1999
1998#6,3149
1997#8,1106
1996#7,9716
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#7,6386
1992#8,4355
1991#7,2716
1990
1989#6,2297
1988#5,2008
1987
1986#5,3327
1985
1984#5,5616
1983#6,2385
1982#6,3855
1981#4,5098
1980
1979
1978
1977#5,1236
1976#4,9356
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950#3,3296
1949
1948#3,6685
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943#3,5385
1942
1941
1940
1939#2,8297
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934#2,9737
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929#2,45211
1928#2,65910
1927#4,2105
1926
1925#3,1558
1924#3,0239
1923
1922#3,2528
1921#3,5177
1920#2,13115
1919#2,8779
1918#3,7286
1917#2,18813
1916
1915#2,8298
1914#2,2719
1913#2,0928
1912#2,2696
1911#1,7405
1910#1,4216
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901#8587
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
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1892
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1890
1889
1888
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1881
1880
First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Mathews! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mathews
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1901 at #858 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,210
  • Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Mathews (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Mathews (113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s7#858 (1901)#858
1910s70#1,421 (1910)#2,379
1920s73#2,131 (1920)#3,050
1930s14#2,829 (1939)#2,901
1940s10#3,538 (1943)#3,603
1950s6#3,329 (1950)#3,329
1960s0
1970s12#4,935 (1976)#5,029
1980s46#4,509 (1981)#5,636
1990s43#6,314 (1998)#7,801
2000s113#5,072 (2006)#6,088
2010s39#7,559 (2012)#9,271
2020s13#9,894 (2024)#10,358

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.

Mathews in 1901

boys
#858
7 births · 1 in 15,210 boys

Top boys' names in 1901

  1. #1John6,900
  2. #2William5,990
  3. #3James4,735
  4. #4George3,609
  5. #5Charles3,049
  6. #6Joseph2,766
  7. #7Robert2,543
  8. #8Frank2,402
  9. #9Edward1,917
  10. #10Henry1,870
  11. #858Mathews7
More about 1901

boys

106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 15,210 of them was named Mathews, which outranked 29.1% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mathews
  1. #779Weldon8
  2. #779Werner8
  3. #779Wright8
  4. #858Mathews7
  5. #858Addie7
  6. #858Allison7
  7. #858Almon7
  8. #943Adelbert6
  9. #943Adolf6
  10. #943Adolfo6

Tied with 84 names at #858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. 751Andres#1,310#559
  2. 714Ellwood#1,310#596
  3. 696Kermit#1,162#466
  4. 675Julia#1,162#487
  5. 673Kirk#1,310#637
Fallers
  1. 628Judge#430#1,058
  2. 568Lonzo#490#1,058
  3. 513Travis#430#943
  4. 503Hector#555#1,058
  5. 480Admiral#578#1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1901