Mathew
Mathew was given to 235 boys in 2025, #975 among boys’ names; 77,745 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 67,300 Americans named Mathew and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 26 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mathew by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mathew mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mathew is “a male given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage, variant of Matthew.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mathew?
#975 among boys’ names, 2025
Mathew fell from #477 in 2015 to #975 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.33 to 0.14 per 1,000.
2,184 babies in 1990, the peak
Mathew peaked in 1990, when 2,184 babies were given it (2,174 boys, #148 among boys’ names). The 235 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | #975 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 246 | #938 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 259 | #899 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 271 | #878 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 315 | #783 | 0.18 |
| 2020 | 352 | #713 | 0.20 |
| 2019 | 389 | #670 | 0.22 |
| 2018 | 479 | #578 | 0.26 |
| 2017 | 503 | #553 | 0.27 |
| 2016 | 565 | #524 | 0.30 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 628 | #477 | 0.33 |
| 2014 | 625 | #466 | 0.33 |
| 2013 | 674 | #432 | 0.36 |
| 2012 | 656 | #427 | 0.35 |
| 2011 | 691 | #408 | 0.36 |
| 2010 | 700 | #402 | 0.36 |
| 2009 | 799 | #380 | 0.40 |
| 2008 | 833 | #370 | 0.41 |
| 2007 | 926 | #347 | 0.45 |
| 2006 | 1,011 | #317 | 0.49 |
| 2005 | 1,093 | #301 | 0.55 |
| 2004 | 1,092 | #291 | 0.55 |
| 2003 | 1,125 | #279 | 0.57 |
| 2002 | 1,121 | #274 | 0.58 |
| 2001 | 1,272 | #259 | 0.65 |
| 2000 | 1,343 | #252 | 0.68 |
| 1999 | 1,471 | #227 | 0.77 |
| 1998 | 1,452 | #221 | 0.76 |
| 1997 | 1,432 | #215 | 0.76 |
| 1996 | 1,514 | #204 | 0.80 |
| 1995 | 1,600 | #192 | 0.84 |
| 1994 | 1,634 | #187 | 0.85 |
| 1993 | 1,705 | #187 | 0.87 |
| 1992 | 1,833 | #174 | 0.92 |
| 1991 | 1,984 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 2,174 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 2,162 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1988 | 2,061 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1987 | 2,045 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 1,967 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 1,880 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,968 | #139 | 1.1 |
| 1983 | 1,866 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 1,712 | #160 | 0.94 |
| 1981 | 1,627 | #165 | 0.91 |
| 1980 | 1,334 | #183 | 0.75 |
| 1979 | 1,256 | #192 | 0.73 |
| 1978 | 1,286 | #182 | 0.78 |
| 1977 | 1,240 | #191 | 0.75 |
| 1976 | 1,162 | #192 | 0.74 |
| 1975 | 1,125 | #198 | 0.72 |
| 1974 | 1,084 | #204 | 0.69 |
| 1973 | 1,027 | #213 | 0.66 |
| 1972 | 905 | #237 | 0.56 |
| 1971 | 935 | #245 | 0.53 |
| 1970 | 829 | #265 | 0.45 |
| 1969 | 655 | #297 | 0.37 |
| 1968 | 617 | #302 | 0.36 |
| 1967 | 594 | #301 | 0.34 |
| 1966 | 476 | #342 | 0.27 |
| 1965 | 443 | #367 | 0.24 |
| 1964 | 448 | #371 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 412 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 325 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1961 | 347 | #427 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 336 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 359 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1958 | 348 | #422 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 251 | #493 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 230 | #499 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 175 | #556 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 183 | #537 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 161 | #559 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 140 | #592 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 124 | #632 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 88 | #733 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 116 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 82 | #747 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 93 | #712 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 78 | #749 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 90 | #638 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 76 | #715 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 82 | #712 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 78 | #730 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 82 | #677 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 89 | #633 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 66 | #742 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 78 | #688 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 75 | #694 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 83 | #634 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 90 | #621 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 91 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 89 | #615 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 101 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 97 | #600 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 120 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 136 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 154 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 147 | #500 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 167 | #466 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 163 | #476 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 192 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1923 | 178 | #459 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 203 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1921 | 192 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1920 | 207 | #411 | 0.19 |
| 1919 | 247 | #368 | 0.25 |
| 1918 | 206 | #409 | 0.20 |
| 1917 | 208 | #389 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 217 | #373 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 204 | #376 | 0.24 |
| 1914 | 143 | #399 | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 140 | #350 | 0.27 |
| 1912 | 121 | #344 | 0.28 |
| 1911 | 45 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 53 | #349 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 42 | #367 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 33 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 54 | #290 | 0.37 |
| 1906 | 21 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 36 | #343 | 0.27 |
| 1904 | 29 | #385 | 0.23 |
| 1903 | 34 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1902 | 40 | #306 | 0.33 |
| 1901 | 39 | #276 | 0.37 |
| 1900 | 57 | #272 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 39 | #279 | 0.37 |
| 1898 | 42 | #284 | 0.34 |
| 1897 | 50 | #248 | 0.44 |
| 1896 | 40 | #292 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 33 | #323 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 30 | #328 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 39 | #282 | 0.35 |
| 1892 | 55 | #240 | 0.45 |
| 1891 | 44 | #240 | 0.43 |
| 1890 | 43 | #266 | 0.39 |
| 1889 | 42 | #257 | 0.38 |
| 1888 | 67 | #216 | 0.55 |
| 1887 | 31 | #304 | 0.31 |
| 1886 | 48 | #250 | 0.43 |
| 1885 | 34 | #288 | 0.32 |
| 1884 | 53 | #233 | 0.46 |
| 1883 | 37 | #274 | 0.35 |
| 1882 | 47 | #247 | 0.41 |
| 1881 | 55 | #206 | 0.55 |
| 1880 | 60 | #204 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mathew a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mathew has been given almost only to boys: 207 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mathew: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mathew, and how old are they?
67,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 77,745 Americans ever recorded as Mathew. The median Mathew alive today is 36 years old; half are between 26 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 71,761 people named Mathew (156 women and girls, 71,605 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 67,341 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 289 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 13,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 28,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 16,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mathew born?
The states with the most babies named Mathew are California, Texas and Florida, with 59% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 36 | #740 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 34 | #800 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 26 | #642 | 1.0× |
| New York | 12 | #1,028 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #979 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,055 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,204 | 1.0× |
| Washington | 6 | #958 | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #760 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 6 | #994 | 0.8× |
Where Mathew is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mathew is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mathew with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 1,737,603 babies since 1880, Mathew is the second most given (4.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 235 of their 7,243 babies (3.2%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mathew
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.
More about Mathew and names like it
- Compare Mathew and MatthewBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMathew peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mathew since 1910.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Mathew.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Mathew alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.