first name
MATHEW
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 71,761 people named Mathew, 68.4% reported their origin as White, 18.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mathew peaked in 1990, when 2,184 babies got the name.
At least 77,745 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mathew by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #309. The largest share of babies named Mathew, 38.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mathew is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mathew has been most common in Idaho (2.1×), Oregon (2×), and Washington (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.22×).
71,601 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mathew
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mathew, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mathew ranks #2,030 of 156,621, with 17,393 people. See Mathew as a last name
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