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Boy's name · #975 in the US (2025) · 80s wave
Mathew reached #139 in 1984 and has faded to #975 since. About 78,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#387 in Ecuador (2025) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,350 in Belgium (2025) · #1,718 in Canada (2025) · #2,133 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,781 in France (2025) · #2,869 in Austria (2025) · #17,260 in Italy (2024) · #482 in Scotland (2023) · #287 in Puerto Rico (2022) · #418 in N. Ireland (2019) and 5 more.
Among 270 notable people named Mathew:
Sports figures appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mathew Ryan, Australian footballer (born 1992).
Mathew is a rare spelling of Matthew — about 3% of babies given the name are written this way; Matthew itself ranked #32 in 2025.
Similar names: Matheo · Shaun · Mario · Drew · Jonathon · Toby
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