# Mathieu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mathieu/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,416 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,416 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 124, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,537 |
| 2012 | 55 | 2,346 |
| 2013 | 39 | 2,930 |
| 2014 | 52 | 2,452 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,631 |
| 2016 | 55 | 2,379 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 40 | 2,979 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,464 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,110 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,846 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,316 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,421 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,284 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,978 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 1,253 |
| 2003 | 9 | 1,629 |
| 2004 | 10 | 1,596 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1,851 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## People named Mathieu

- Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer (born 1984)
- Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1967)
- Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer (born 1985)
- Mathieu Flamini, French footballer (born 1984)
- Mathieu van der Poel, Dutch cyclist, cyclo-cross and road racing
- Mathieu Amalric, French actor and filmmaker
- Mathieu Bodmer, French footballer (born 1982)
- Mathieu Choinière, Canadian soccer player
- Mathieu Faivre, French alpine skier
- Mathieu Peybernes, French association football player
- Mathieu Boots, Dutch association football player
- Mathieu Grébille, French handball player

## 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.