Mathew

What Mathew means

Variant of Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”

variant of Matthew || Compare Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū, literally “gift of the Lord”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mathew” (revision 87206647) and “Matthew” (revision 94541536), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mathew?

US: Falling: down from #477 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #640 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1987, when 2,045 boys got the name (#140 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 7,268 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 24,721 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KY (0.29 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.27 per 1,000 boys), MA (0.22 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Mathew is #973 in the US and #2133 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mathew were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Matthew7,003 US · 353 E&W
• Mathieu20 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mathew

Boys

• Daniel#22“God is my judge”^*
• Jonathan#89“God has given”^*
• Joseph#29“(God) shall add”^*
• David#35“beloved”^*
• Joe#991Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1936, with 8,023 babies; 230 in 2025
• Joshua#66“to save”^*

For a sister

• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Jessica#665possibly “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe…^*
• Michelle#465Feminine form of Michel, meaning “who is like God?”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Rebekah#884“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mathew’s. Rank is US 2025.