Mathew
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-thew]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Gift From God
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Mathew
Mathew is a simplified one-t spelling of Matthew, the anglicized form of the Hebrew name Mattityahu, meaning "gift of God" — combining mattan ("gift") and Yah, a short form of the divine name used throughout the Hebrew scriptures. The name is borne in the New Testament by one of the twelve apostles, a former tax collector called from his work by Jesus and traditionally identified as the author of the first Gospel — giving Mathew one of the most durable scriptural foundations of any name in the Western tradition. The single-t spelling is not a purely modern invention; it has appeared intermittently in English records across centuries, and it reflects the natural tendency of spoken English to reduce the doubled consonant that the standard spelling preserves. In the context of American naming culture, it offers families a way to honor a deeply familiar biblical name with a slightly less expected written form.
Mathew appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000, debuting at its peak rank of #252, and has maintained a remarkably steady presence in the top-1000 ever since — one of the few names in this batch to remain continuously listed through 2024. Recent data show it at #878 in 2022, #897 in 2023, and #939 in 2024. Over its tracked run, approximately 17,962 babies received this spelling in top-1000 years. Recorded variants include the French forms Mathieu and Matthieu.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mathew
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Mathew by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 1,343 boys named Mathew (boy rank #252 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #975 for boys (235 US births). That's 723 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Mathew Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Mathew the strongest states are New Mexico, Nevada, California.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #386 | 17 |
| 2 | Nevada | #460 | 33 |
| 3 | California | #466 | 726 |
| 4 | New York | #565 | 284 |
| 5 | Oregon | #569 | 32 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #599 | 55 |
| 7 | Texas | #603 | 501 |
| 8 | Utah | #605 | 20 |
| 9 | Colorado | #617 | 27 |
| 10 | Florida | #621 | 232 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #985 | 25 |
| 2 | Ohio | #939 | 52 |
| 3 | Indiana | #854 | 20 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #840 | 57 |
| 5 | Missouri | #835 | 18 |
| 6 | Georgia | #804 | 79 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #795 | 22 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #758 | 33 |
| 9 | Illinois | #756 | 63 |
| 10 | Michigan | #739 | 54 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mathew in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Mathew to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Mathew against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).