Meaning not yet researched.
Mathew: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 235 in 2025. Its best rank was #139 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #139 in 1984; #975 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mathew in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#975 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #139.
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Mathew: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 235 boys in 2025. Peak: #139 in 1984 · most boys in one year: 2,174 (1990).
In 2025, 235 US boys were named Mathew, making it the 975th most common boys’ name of the year, down 37 places from #938 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 246 boys named Mathew in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #139, reached in 1984. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,174, in 1990. For comparison, it was #477 in 2015 and #734 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mathew in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 60 babies with the name. In all, 77,745 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 18,725 babies named Mathew.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,614 US boys were named Mathew; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 565. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,268 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mathew ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #642 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Matthew (1,659,655 babies since 1880), Mateo (126,778 babies since 1880), Matteo (33,499 babies since 1880) and Mathias (15,544 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mat are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mat, Matt and Maty.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mat (794).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 26 | #642 | #408 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #684 | #422 |
| California | 36 | #740 | #285 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #760 | #491 |
| Texas | 34 | #800 | #401 |
| Maryland | 5 | #879 | #407 |
| Washington | 6 | #958 | #487 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #979 | #605 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #994 | #411 |
| New York | 12 | #1,028 | #344 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,055 | #561 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,204 | #718 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,404 | #956 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 235 | #975 |
| 2024 | — | — | 246 | #938 |
| 2023 | — | — | 259 | #899 |
| 2022 | — | — | 271 | #878 |
| 2021 | — | — | 315 | #783 |
| 2020 | — | — | 352 | #713 |
| 2019 | — | — | 389 | #670 |
| 2018 | — | — | 479 | #578 |
| 2017 | — | — | 503 | #553 |
| 2016 | — | — | 565 | #524 |
| 2015 | — | — | 628 | #477 |
| 2014 | — | — | 625 | #466 |
| 2013 | — | — | 674 | #432 |
| 2012 | — | — | 656 | #427 |
| 2011 | — | — | 691 | #408 |
| 2010 | — | — | 700 | #402 |
| 2009 | — | — | 799 | #380 |
| 2008 | — | — | 833 | #370 |
| 2007 | — | — | 926 | #347 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,011 | #317 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,093 | #301 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,092 | #291 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,125 | #279 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,121 | #274 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,272 | #259 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,664 | 1,343 | #252 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,977 | 1,471 | #227 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,452 | #221 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,432 | #215 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,514 | #204 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,600 | #192 |
| 1994 | — | — | 1,634 | #187 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,857 | 1,705 | #187 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,103 | 1,833 | #174 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,068 | 1,984 | #161 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,285 | 2,174 | #148 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,486 | 2,162 | #143 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,139 | 2,061 | #142 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,488 | 2,045 | #140 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,664 | 1,967 | #141 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,577 | 1,880 | #148 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,888 | 1,968 | #139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,524 | 1,866 | #146 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,603 | 1,712 | #160 |
| 1981 | — | — | 1,627 | #165 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,713 | 1,334 | #183 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,004 | 1,256 | #192 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,421 | 1,286 | #182 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,629 | 1,240 | #191 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,255 | 1,162 | #192 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,662 | 1,125 | #198 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,626 | 1,084 | #204 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,440 | 1,027 | #213 |
| 1972 | — | — | 905 | #237 |
| 1971 | — | — | 935 | #245 |
| 1970 | — | — | 829 | #265 |
| 1969 | — | — | 655 | #297 |
| 1968 | — | — | 617 | #302 |
| 1967 | — | — | 594 | #301 |
| 1966 | — | — | 476 | #342 |
| 1965 | — | — | 443 | #367 |
| 1964 | — | — | 448 | #371 |
| 1963 | — | — | 412 | #394 |
| 1962 | — | — | 325 | #442 |
| 1961 | — | — | 347 | #427 |
| 1960 | — | — | 336 | #438 |
| 1959 | — | — | 359 | #417 |
| 1958 | — | — | 348 | #422 |
| 1957 | — | — | 251 | #494 |
| 1956 | — | — | 230 | #500 |
| 1955 | — | — | 175 | #557 |
| 1954 | — | — | 183 | #538 |
| 1953 | — | — | 161 | #560 |
| 1952 | — | — | 140 | #593 |
| 1951 | — | — | 124 | #633 |
| 1950 | — | — | 88 | #734 |
| 1949 | — | — | 116 | #636 |
| 1948 | — | — | 82 | #748 |
| 1947 | — | — | 93 | #713 |
| 1946 | — | — | 78 | #749 |
| 1945 | — | — | 90 | #638 |
| 1944 | — | — | 76 | #715 |
| 1943 | — | — | 82 | #712 |
| 1942 | — | — | 78 | #730 |
| 1941 | — | — | 82 | #677 |
| 1940 | — | — | 89 | #633 |
| 1939 | — | — | 66 | #742 |
| 1938 | — | — | 78 | #688 |
| 1937 | — | — | 75 | #694 |
| 1936 | — | — | 83 | #634 |
| 1935 | — | — | 90 | #621 |
| 1934 | — | — | 91 | #633 |
| 1933 | — | — | 89 | #615 |
| 1932 | — | — | 101 | #589 |
| 1931 | — | — | 97 | #600 |
| 1930 | — | — | 120 | #551 |
| 1929 | — | — | 136 | #505 |
| 1928 | — | — | 154 | #490 |
| 1927 | — | — | 147 | #500 |
| 1926 | — | — | 167 | #466 |
| 1925 | — | — | 163 | #476 |
| 1924 | — | — | 192 | #442 |
| 1923 | — | — | 178 | #459 |
| 1922 | — | — | 203 | #421 |
| 1921 | — | — | 192 | #444 |
| 1920 | — | — | 207 | #411 |
| 1919 | — | — | 247 | #368 |
| 1918 | — | — | 206 | #409 |
| 1917 | — | — | 208 | #389 |
| 1916 | — | — | 217 | #373 |
| 1915 | — | — | 204 | #376 |
| 1914 | — | — | 143 | #399 |
| 1913 | — | — | 140 | #350 |
| 1912 | — | — | 121 | #344 |
| 1911 | — | — | 45 | #437 |
| 1910 | — | — | 53 | #349 |
| 1909 | — | — | 42 | #367 |
| 1908 | — | — | 33 | #418 |
| 1907 | — | — | 54 | #290 |
| 1906 | — | — | 21 | #498 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #343 |
| 1904 | — | — | 29 | #385 |
| 1903 | — | — | 34 | #326 |
| 1902 | — | — | 40 | #306 |
| 1901 | — | — | 39 | #276 |
| 1900 | — | — | 57 | #272 |
| 1899 | — | — | 39 | #279 |
| 1898 | — | — | 42 | #284 |
| 1897 | — | — | 50 | #248 |
| 1896 | — | — | 40 | #292 |
| 1895 | — | — | 33 | #323 |
| 1894 | — | — | 30 | #328 |
| 1893 | — | — | 39 | #282 |
| 1892 | — | — | 55 | #240 |
| 1891 | — | — | 44 | #240 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #266 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #257 |
| 1888 | — | — | 67 | #216 |
| 1887 | — | — | 31 | #304 |
| 1886 | — | — | 48 | #250 |
| 1885 | — | — | 34 | #288 |
| 1884 | — | — | 53 | #233 |
| 1883 | — | — | 37 | #274 |
| 1882 | — | — | 47 | #247 |
| 1881 | — | — | 55 | #206 |
| 1880 | — | — | 60 | #204 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).