Mathel
Mathel was last recorded in 1928, when 6 babies were given it; 60 Americans have been recorded with it between 1913 and 1928 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mathel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Mathel?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #4,542, in 1928; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
8 babies in 1920, the peak
Mathel peaked in 1920, when 8 girls were given it, #3,838 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 6 | #4,542 | 5.2 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,341 | 4.2 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,356 | 4.2 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,508 | 4.1 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,299 | 5.8 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,877 | 4.9 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,838 | 6.7 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,133 | 6.0 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,423 | 5.5 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,525 | 8.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mathel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mathel has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 10 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Mathel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mathel, and how old are they?
Almost everyone recorded as Mathel was born before 1900, so the estimate of Americans with the name alive today rounds to none. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mathel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.