Mattew
Boy · MATH-yoo · Hebrew
Mattew is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mattew mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Matthew
“gift of God”
A spelling of Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu, 'gift of God'.
- Say it
- MATH-yoo
Is Mattew a girl's or a boy's name?
Mattew is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mattew in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Mattew, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the boys named Mattew in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,245 boys in the US were given Mattew or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Mattew in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,281 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Nicknames for Mattew
- Matt 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mattew
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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