# Mathew (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mathew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 77,745 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 77,538 / 207 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,256, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | 8,713 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,603 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,524 |
| 1984 | 15 | 4,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | 4,577 |
| 1986 | 17 | 4,664 |
| 1987 | 14 | 5,488 |
| 1988 | 9 | 8,139 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,486 |
| 1990 | 10 | 8,285 |
| 1991 | 9 | 9,068 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,103 |
| 1993 | 11 | 7,857 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,977 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,664 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 691 | 408 |
| 2012 | 656 | 427 |
| 2013 | 674 | 432 |
| 2014 | 625 | 466 |
| 2015 | 628 | 477 |
| 2016 | 565 | 524 |
| 2017 | 503 | 553 |
| 2018 | 479 | 578 |
| 2019 | 389 | 670 |
| 2020 | 352 | 713 |
| 2021 | 315 | 783 |
| 2022 | 271 | 878 |
| 2023 | 259 | 899 |
| 2024 | 246 | 938 |
| 2025 | 235 | 975 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 546 |
| 2012 | 57 | 619 |
| 2013 | 52 | 647 |
| 2014 | 55 | 624 |
| 2015 | 54 | 640 |
| 2016 | 48 | 712 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 30 | 952 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Mathew

- Mathew Ryan, Australian association football player
- Mathew Leckie, Australian association football player
- Mathew Benjamin Brady, American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)
- Mathew Hayman, Australian road bicycle racer
- Mathew Belcher, Australian sailor
- Mathew St. Patrick, American actor
- Mathew Knowles, American music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager
- Mathew Helm, Australian diver
- Mathew Barzal, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mathew Cheriankunnel, Catholic bishop
- Mathew Dumba, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Mathew Baynton, English actor, musician and writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.