How Many People Are Named Mathew?
people named Mathew are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 77,745 babies named Mathew in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,184 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MATTHEW.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mathew in English. Counting Mathew and these spellings together, about 1,600,486 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mathew (99.7%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Mathew alive today is about 35 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 45 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Mathew first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 2,184 babies. In 2025, 235 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Mathew has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #139, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #975.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #975 |
| Best rank | #139 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #150 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Mathew alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mathew were born in California than in any other state: about 10,367 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mathew was given 1.9 times as often in Idaho, 1.8 times in Oregon and 1.8 times in Washington.
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