Mathews
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 452since 1896
Mathews over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mathews has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five boys were named Mathews! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mathews is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mathews in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mathews
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1901 at #858 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1896–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,210
- Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Mathews (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.0% of all boys named Mathews (113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 7 | #858 (1901) | #858 |
| 1910s | 70 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,379 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,131 (1920) | #3,050 |
| 1930s | 14 | #2,829 (1939) | #2,901 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,538 (1943) | #3,603 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,329 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 12 | #4,935 (1976) | #5,029 |
| 1980s | 46 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,636 |
| 1990s | 43 | #6,314 (1998) | #7,801 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,072 (2006) | #6,088 |
| 2010s | 39 | #7,559 (2012) | #9,271 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,894 (2024) | #10,358 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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