Mathew

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mathew: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mathew: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #29 in 1985, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
158times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#29highest recorded position
25groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mathew's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 33 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#115
1997	#136
1998	#125
1999	#147
2000	#171
2001	#174
2002	#195
2003	#216
2004	#230
2005	#253
2006	#266
2007	#386
2008	#397
2009	#432
2010	#481
2011	#546
2012	#619
2013	#647
2014	#624
2015	#640
2016	#712
2017	#996
2018	#958
2019	#952
2020	#1431
2021	#1290
2022	#2320
2023	#1701
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 57 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1517 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #145 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2000
Highest recorded position: #29 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1985 (recorded 1966–2000).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mathew appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 393 births with the name.

Mathew across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mathew's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#145 (1964)	#145 (1964)	#829 (2025)	57 of 62	393 (1964–2025)	18 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#96 (1966)	#29 (1985)	#98 (2000)	34 of 35	7,436 (1966–2000)	384 (1985)
New Zealand · Boys	#94 (1970)	#37 (1985)	#96 (1999)	29 of 30	3,107 (1970–1999)	158 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#115 (1996)	#115 (1996)	#1517 (2024)	29 of 29	3,245 (1996–2024)	393 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#190 (1998)	#190 (1998)	#418 (2019)	9 of 22	41 (1998–2019)	7 (1998)

Mathew by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mathew in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	41	6 of 10	7
1970s	56	10 of 10	6
1980s	51	9 of 10	6
1990s	80	10 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	44	9 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Mathew appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 1985.

Mathew's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#712	48	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#640	54	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#624	55	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#647	52	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#619	57	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#546	64	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#481	74	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#432	87	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#397	94	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#386	93	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#266	137	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#253	135	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#230	156	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#216	158	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#195	175	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#174	202	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#171	208	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#147	237	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#125	323	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#136	276	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#115	393	High	Verified
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	300	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	295	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	313	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	309	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	384	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	293	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	321	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	315	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	258	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	256	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	262	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	221	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	295	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	283	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	239	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	270	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	213	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	59	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New Zealand	male	#96	52	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#89	57	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#85	62	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#90	61	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#65	93	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#80	78	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#66	98	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#59	107	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#58	100	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#49	120	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#46	134	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#49	115	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#42	134	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#37	158	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#40	140	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#50	112	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#42	136	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#48	125	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#53	105	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#53	112	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#45	117	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#45	138	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#49	139	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#56	123	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#55	116	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#64	111	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#76	93	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#76	103	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#94	68	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#224	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	18	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	15	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	15	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #29, first reached in 1985.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 33 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 393 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Matheo · #12, 21y
Matheus · #243, 27y
Mathias · #2, 69y
Mathieu · #272, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Debbie · #31, 66y
Janine · #31, 59y
Odin · #31, 59y
Aleksander · #26, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Christoffer · #29, 57y
Alexis · #30, 41y
Dermot · #30, 60y
Gareth · #30, 61y

Mathew was ranked #29 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mathew and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mathew without appearing here.

Mathew moved ahead of

Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #2325.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #2160.
Jon Compare
In 2008 they stood at #601 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #322 and #701.
Roger Compare
In 1996 they stood at #281 and #261 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1997 that had become #174 and #382.

Moved ahead of Mathew

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #967.
Darren Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #993.
Derek Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1179.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Mathew

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #194 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.

Moved the same way as Mathew

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mathew went from #145 to #829 and Edward from #18 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mathew

Mathew at a glance

What stands out in Mathew's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mathew across 5 official records

Mathew by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mathew appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Mathew

Mathew and the names beside it

Mathew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mathew

Moved the opposite way to Mathew

Moved the same way as Mathew

Mathew at a glance

What stands out in Mathew's record

Mathew across 5 official records

Mathew by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mathew appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Mathew

Mathew and the names beside it

Mathew moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mathew

Moved the opposite way to Mathew

Moved the same way as Mathew