Mathews — #9902 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mathews

The Social Security Administration has registered 452 babies named Mathews between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mathews currently holds the #9902 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mathews performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Mathews shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Mathews in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mathews in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 452 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.