Mathew
Mathew is ranked 939th among boys in 2024 (244 births). Its best rank was 139th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- #939down 42 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2440.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19902,174 births
- Best rank
- #139in 1984
- Since 1880
- 77,298people given the name
The story in the numbers
77,298 boys have been named Mathew in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 2,174 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 466 → 939).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 24%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Mathew | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 474 | |
| 1890s | 415 | |
| 1900s | 385 | |
| 1910s | 1,584 | |
| 1920s | 1,739 | |
| 1930s | 890 | |
| 1940s | 866 | |
| 1950s | 2,059 | |
| 1960s | 4,654 | |
| 1970s | 10,849 | |
| 1980s | 18,622 | |
| 1990s | 16,799 | |
| 2000s | 10,614 | |
| 2010s | 5,909 | |
| 2020s | 1,439 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Mathew was the 148th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Mathew
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andrewpeak 1987
- Marcuspeak 1984
- Jarvispeak 1989
- Benjamenpeak 1990
- Bryantpeak 1989
- Aaronpeak 1989
- Schuylerpeak 1993
- Matthewpeak 1983
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.