Mathieu

Gender: Boy
Say it: mat-YUH
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #4,856 for boys

Mathieu is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Mathieu mean?

Hebrew: French form of Matthew

“gift of God”

French form of Matthew, the apostle and Gospel writer.

Is Mathieu a girl's or a boy's name?

Mathieu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mathieu in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 boys.

Half of all the boys named Mathieu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 14 in 19982018

Mathieu in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2018	3	#4,959
2017	0	–
2016	5	#3,655
2015	4	#4,086
2014	4	#4,063
2013	4	#4,008
2012	2	#6,266
2011	3	#4,837
2010	5	#3,478
2009	9	#2,241
2008	6	#2,906
2007	4	#3,748
2006	4	#3,522
2005	11	#1,701
2004	10	#1,688
2003	9	#1,723
2002	13	#1,252
2001	5	#2,326
2000	6	#1,977
1999	6	#1,941
1998	14	#1,062
1997	8	#1,532
1996	5	#2,094

How popular is Mathieu in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,856th among boys
Babies in 2025: 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Mathieu, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1955.

2025 had fewer boys named Mathieu than any year since 1976.

Half of all the boys named Mathieu in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1955Busiest: 77 in 20002025

Mathieu in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	20	#4,856
2024	25	#4,197
2023	24	#4,339
2022	36	#3,276
2021	44	#2,818
2020	37	#3,073
2019	33	#3,423
2018	40	#2,942
2017	36	#3,192
2016	55	#2,365
2015	47	#2,599
2014	52	#2,427
2013	39	#2,893
2012	55	#2,325
2011	49	#2,503
2010	37	#3,071
2009	70	#1,989
2008	61	#2,185
2007	44	#2,721
2006	76	#1,808
2005	54	#2,202
2004	67	#1,830
2003	53	#2,098
2002	67	#1,720
2001	69	#1,673
2000	77	#1,548
1999	74	#1,514
1998	76	#1,462
1997	57	#1,703
1996	46	#1,929
1995	41	#2,021
1994	42	#1,972
1993	53	#1,657
1992	36	#2,123
1991	44	#1,792
1990	43	#1,804
1989	45	#1,700
1988	37	#1,810
1987	33	#1,892
1986	39	#1,644
1985	36	#1,697
1984	40	#1,530
1983	32	#1,747
1982	27	#1,998
1981	38	#1,576
1980	32	#1,765
1979	31	#1,788
1978	24	#2,012
1977	28	#1,823
1976	13	#2,945
1975	20	#2,204
1974	25	#1,832
1973	15	#2,511
1972	16	#2,323
1971	16	#2,365
1970	14	#2,508
1969	16	#2,129
1968	12	#2,444
1967	9	#2,759
1966	9	#2,783
1965	13	#2,269
1964	0	–
1963	5	#4,047
1962	0	–
1961	0	–
1960	0	–
1959	0	–
1958	6	#3,557
1957	0	–
1956	0	–
1955	6	#3,503

Nicknames for Mathieu

Names like Mathieu

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Yusuf, Matthew, Adam, Ethan, Nathan, Joshua, Mika, Liam, Jacob, Dylan, Musa, Micah

Names related to Mathieu

Matei, Mathew, Matheo, Mattheo, Mattie, Matthieu, Matheu

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mathieu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mathieu, updated 20 October 2026.