Mathew is a familiar variant of Matthew that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Mathew is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #975 for boy births in the United States (and #1,994 across all names), given to 235 babies. Mathew first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1990 (2,174 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | 235 | — | #975 |
| 2024 | 246 | 246 | — | #938 |
| 2023 | 259 | 259 | — | #899 |
| 2022 | 271 | 276 | — | #878 |
| 2021 | 315 | 322 | — | #783 |
| 2020 | 352 | 359 | — | #713 |
| 2019 | 389 | 401 | — | #670 |
| 2018 | 479 | 488 | — | #578 |
| 2017 | 503 | 515 | — | #553 |
| 2016 | 565 | 580 | — | #524 |
| 2015 | 628 | 640 | — | #477 |
| 2014 | 625 | 634 | — | #466 |
| 2013 | 674 | 684 | — | #432 |
| 2012 | 656 | 678 | — | #427 |
| 2011 | 691 | 703 | — | #408 |
| 2010 | 700 | 706 | — | #402 |
| 2009 | 799 | 809 | — | #380 |
| 2008 | 833 | 843 | — | #370 |
| 2007 | 926 | 936 | — | #347 |
| 2006 | 1,011 | 1,033 | — | #317 |
| 2005 | 1,093 | 1,106 | — | #301 |
| 2004 | 1,092 | 1,102 | — | #291 |
| 2003 | 1,125 | 1,137 | — | #279 |
| 2002 | 1,121 | 1,133 | — | #274 |
| 2001 | 1,272 | 1,294 | — | #259 |
| 2000 | 1,348 | 1,370 | #16,664 | #252 |
| 1999 | 1,476 | 1,492 | #15,977 | #227 |
| 1998 | 1,452 | 1,463 | — | #221 |
| 1997 | 1,432 | — | — | #215 |
| 1996 | 1,514 | — | — | #204 |
| 1995 | 1,600 | — | — | #192 |
| 1994 | 1,634 | — | — | #187 |
| 1993 | 1,716 | — | #7,857 | #187 |
| 1992 | 1,841 | — | #10,103 | #174 |
| 1991 | 1,993 | — | #9,068 | #161 |
| 1990 | 2,184 | — | #8,285 | #148 |
| 1989 | 2,171 | — | #8,486 | #143 |
| 1988 | 2,070 | — | #8,139 | #142 |
| 1987 | 2,059 | — | #5,488 | #140 |
| 1986 | 1,984 | — | #4,664 | #141 |
| 1985 | 1,897 | — | #4,577 | #148 |
| 1984 | 1,983 | — | #4,888 | #139 |
| 1983 | 1,876 | — | #6,524 | #146 |
| 1982 | 1,717 | — | #11,603 | #160 |
| 1981 | 1,627 | — | — | #165 |
| 1980 | 1,341 | — | #8,713 | #183 |
| 1979 | 1,267 | — | #6,004 | #192 |
| 1978 | 1,298 | — | #5,421 | #182 |
| 1977 | 1,245 | — | #10,629 | #191 |
| 1976 | 1,167 | — | #10,255 | #192 |
| 1975 | 1,132 | — | #7,662 | #198 |
| 1974 | 1,092 | — | #6,626 | #204 |
| 1973 | 1,035 | — | #6,440 | #213 |
| 1972 | 905 | — | — | #237 |
| 1971 | 935 | — | — | #245 |
| 1970 | 829 | — | — | #265 |
| 1969 | 655 | — | — | #297 |
| 1968 | 617 | — | — | #302 |
| 1967 | 594 | — | — | #301 |
| 1966 | 476 | — | — | #342 |
| 1965 | 443 | — | — | #367 |
| 1964 | 448 | — | — | #371 |
| 1963 | 412 | — | — | #394 |
| 1962 | 325 | — | — | #442 |
| 1961 | 347 | — | — | #427 |
| 1960 | 336 | — | — | #438 |
| 1959 | 359 | — | — | #417 |
| 1958 | 348 | — | — | #422 |
| 1957 | 251 | — | — | #494 |
| 1956 | 230 | — | — | #500 |
| 1955 | 175 | — | — | #557 |
| 1954 | 183 | — | — | #538 |
| 1953 | 161 | — | — | #560 |
| 1952 | 140 | — | — | #593 |
| 1951 | 124 | — | — | #633 |
| 1950 | 88 | — | — | #734 |
| 1949 | 116 | — | — | #636 |
| 1948 | 82 | — | — | #748 |
| 1947 | 93 | — | — | #713 |
| 1946 | 78 | — | — | #749 |
| 1945 | 90 | — | — | #638 |
| 1944 | 76 | — | — | #715 |
| 1943 | 82 | — | — | #712 |
| 1942 | 78 | — | — | #730 |
| 1941 | 82 | — | — | #677 |
| 1940 | 89 | — | — | #633 |
| 1939 | 66 | — | — | #742 |
| 1938 | 78 | — | — | #688 |
| 1937 | 75 | — | — | #694 |
| 1936 | 83 | — | — | #634 |
| 1935 | 90 | — | — | #621 |
| 1934 | 91 | — | — | #633 |
| 1933 | 89 | — | — | #615 |
| 1932 | 101 | — | — | #589 |
| 1931 | 97 | — | — | #600 |
| 1930 | 120 | — | — | #551 |
| 1929 | 136 | — | — | #505 |
| 1928 | 154 | — | — | #490 |
| 1927 | 147 | — | — | #500 |
| 1926 | 167 | — | — | #466 |
| 1925 | 163 | — | — | #476 |
| 1924 | 192 | — | — | #442 |
| 1923 | 178 | — | — | #459 |
| 1922 | 203 | — | — | #421 |
| 1921 | 192 | — | — | #444 |
| 1920 | 207 | — | — | #411 |
| 1919 | 247 | — | — | #368 |
| 1918 | 206 | — | — | #409 |
| 1917 | 208 | — | — | #389 |
| 1916 | 217 | — | — | #373 |
| 1915 | 204 | — | — | #376 |
| 1914 | 143 | — | — | #399 |
| 1913 | 140 | — | — | #350 |
| 1912 | 121 | — | — | #344 |
| 1911 | 45 | — | — | #437 |
| 1910 | 53 | — | — | #349 |
| 1909 | 42 | — | — | #367 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | — | #418 |
| 1907 | 54 | — | — | #290 |
| 1906 | 21 | — | — | #498 |
| 1905 | 36 | — | — | #343 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | — | #385 |
| 1903 | 34 | — | — | #326 |
| 1902 | 40 | — | — | #306 |
| 1901 | 39 | — | — | #276 |
| 1900 | 57 | — | — | #272 |
| 1899 | 39 | — | — | #279 |
| 1898 | 42 | — | — | #284 |
| 1897 | 50 | — | — | #248 |
| 1896 | 40 | — | — | #292 |
| 1895 | 33 | — | — | #323 |
| 1894 | 30 | — | — | #328 |
| 1893 | 39 | — | — | #282 |
| 1892 | 55 | — | — | #240 |
| 1891 | 44 | — | — | #240 |
| 1890 | 43 | — | — | #266 |
| 1889 | 42 | — | — | #257 |
| 1888 | 67 | — | — | #216 |
| 1887 | 31 | — | — | #304 |
| 1886 | 48 | — | — | #250 |
| 1885 | 34 | — | — | #288 |
| 1884 | 53 | — | — | #233 |
| 1883 | 37 | — | — | #274 |
| 1882 | 47 | — | — | #247 |
| 1881 | 55 | — | — | #206 |
| 1880 | 60 | — | — | #204 |