Mathew
Boy · MATH-yoo · Hebrew
Mathew is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 973rd for boys in the US (235 babies).
What does Mathew mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Matthew
“gift of God”
Variant spelling of Matthew, the apostle and Gospel writer.
- Say it
- MATH-yoo
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mathew a girl's or a boy's name?
Mathew is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 235 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mathew in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Mathew, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 407 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mathew in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 466 boys in the UK were given Mathew or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Matthew 455
- Mathew 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#87), 1984 (#73) and 1994 (#97).
Mathew in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 38 | #875 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 50 | #753 |
| 2015 | 65 | #615 |
| 2014 | 65 | #605 |
| 2013 | 64 | #608 |
| 2012 | 67 | #594 |
| 2011 | 78 | #510 |
| 2010 | 84 | #485 |
| 2009 | 101 | #419 |
| 2008 | 112 | #377 |
| 2007 | 111 | #364 |
| 2006 | 154 | #271 |
| 2005 | 148 | #260 |
| 2004 | 177 | #233 |
| 2003 | 174 | #222 |
| 2002 | 197 | #197 |
| 2001 | 216 | #181 |
| 2000 | 231 | #173 |
| 1999 | 259 | #151 |
| 1998 | 354 | #134 |
| 1997 | 301 | #148 |
| 1996 | 407 | #122 |
How popular is Mathew in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 235about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 235 boys in the US were named Mathew, making it the 973rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 711th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 2,174 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 10 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mathew than any year since 1956.
Half of all the boys named Mathew in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,245 boys in the US were given Mathew or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #973 for this spelling alone.
Mathew in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | #973 |
| 2024 | 246 | #936 |
| 2023 | 259 | #897 |
| 2022 | 271 | #878 |
| 2021 | 315 | #782 |
| 2020 | 352 | #711 |
| 2019 | 389 | #670 |
| 2018 | 479 | #578 |
| 2017 | 503 | #551 |
| 2016 | 565 | #523 |
| 2015 | 628 | #477 |
| 2014 | 625 | #465 |
| 2013 | 674 | #431 |
| 2012 | 656 | #427 |
| 2011 | 691 | #408 |
| 2010 | 700 | #401 |
| 2009 | 799 | #380 |
| 2008 | 833 | #368 |
| 2007 | 926 | #346 |
| 2006 | 1,011 | #316 |
| 2005 | 1,093 | #300 |
| 2004 | 1,092 | #291 |
| 2003 | 1,125 | #279 |
| 2002 | 1,121 | #273 |
| 2001 | 1,272 | #259 |
| 2000 | 1,343 | #251 |
| 1999 | 1,471 | #227 |
| 1998 | 1,452 | #221 |
| 1997 | 1,432 | #215 |
| 1996 | 1,514 | #204 |
| 1995 | 1,600 | #192 |
| 1994 | 1,634 | #187 |
| 1993 | 1,705 | #187 |
| 1992 | 1,833 | #174 |
| 1991 | 1,984 | #161 |
| 1990 | 2,174 | #148 |
| 1989 | 2,162 | #143 |
| 1988 | 2,061 | #142 |
| 1987 | 2,045 | #140 |
| 1986 | 1,967 | #141 |
| 1985 | 1,880 | #148 |
| 1984 | 1,968 | #139 |
| 1983 | 1,866 | #146 |
| 1982 | 1,712 | #160 |
| 1981 | 1,627 | #165 |
| 1980 | 1,334 | #183 |
| 1979 | 1,256 | #192 |
| 1978 | 1,286 | #182 |
| 1977 | 1,240 | #191 |
| 1976 | 1,162 | #192 |
| 1975 | 1,125 | #198 |
| 1974 | 1,084 | #204 |
| 1973 | 1,027 | #213 |
| 1972 | 905 | #237 |
| 1971 | 935 | #244 |
| 1970 | 829 | #265 |
| 1969 | 655 | #297 |
| 1968 | 617 | #302 |
| 1967 | 594 | #301 |
| 1966 | 476 | #342 |
| 1965 | 443 | #365 |
| 1964 | 448 | #371 |
| 1963 | 412 | #393 |
| 1962 | 325 | #440 |
| 1961 | 347 | #427 |
| 1960 | 336 | #438 |
| 1959 | 359 | #417 |
| 1958 | 348 | #421 |
| 1957 | 251 | #492 |
| 1956 | 230 | #498 |
| 1955 | 175 | #554 |
| 1954 | 183 | #536 |
| 1953 | 161 | #556 |
| 1952 | 140 | #590 |
| 1951 | 124 | #632 |
| 1950 | 88 | #730 |
| 1949 | 116 | #633 |
| 1948 | 82 | #743 |
| 1947 | 93 | #710 |
| 1946 | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | 90 | #636 |
| 1944 | 76 | #712 |
| 1943 | 82 | #709 |
| 1942 | 78 | #729 |
| 1941 | 82 | #677 |
| 1940 | 89 | #631 |
| 1939 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 |
| 1937 | 75 | #691 |
| 1936 | 83 | #633 |
| 1935 | 90 | #618 |
| 1934 | 91 | #630 |
| 1933 | 89 | #614 |
| 1932 | 101 | #588 |
| 1931 | 97 | #596 |
| 1930 | 120 | #549 |
| 1929 | 136 | #505 |
| 1928 | 154 | #489 |
| 1927 | 147 | #500 |
| 1926 | 167 | #465 |
| 1925 | 163 | #475 |
| 1924 | 192 | #442 |
| 1923 | 178 | #457 |
| 1922 | 203 | #421 |
| 1921 | 192 | #444 |
| 1920 | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | 247 | #368 |
| 1918 | 206 | #409 |
| 1917 | 208 | #389 |
| 1916 | 217 | #372 |
| 1915 | 204 | #376 |
| 1914 | 143 | #397 |
| 1913 | 140 | #349 |
| 1912 | 121 | #342 |
| 1911 | 45 | #432 |
| 1910 | 53 | #345 |
| 1909 | 42 | #365 |
| 1908 | 33 | #413 |
| 1907 | 54 | #286 |
| 1906 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 36 | #337 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 34 | #322 |
| 1902 | 40 | #302 |
| 1901 | 39 | #275 |
| 1900 | 57 | #271 |
| 1899 | 39 | #276 |
| 1898 | 42 | #279 |
| 1897 | 50 | #244 |
| 1896 | 40 | #290 |
| 1895 | 33 | #316 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 39 | #279 |
| 1892 | 55 | #239 |
| 1891 | 44 | #240 |
| 1890 | 43 | #259 |
| 1889 | 42 | #251 |
| 1888 | 67 | #216 |
| 1887 | 31 | #299 |
| 1886 | 48 | #248 |
| 1885 | 34 | #284 |
| 1884 | 53 | #233 |
| 1883 | 37 | #273 |
| 1882 | 47 | #245 |
| 1881 | 55 | #205 |
| 1880 | 60 | #200 |
Nicknames for Mathew
- Mat
- Matty 7 boys in the UK in 2025
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