Mathieu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mathieu: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #272, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1454
1998	#1188
1999	#2097
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2002	#1253
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1851
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#3332
2011	#4647
2013	#3822
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2018	#4749

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 England and Wales in 21 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2011: #623 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4647 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4749 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Mathieu appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 124 births with the name.

Mathieu across 2 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.

Mathieu'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1188 (1998)	#4749 (2018)	21 of 23	124 (1996–2018)	12 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#493 (2006)	#493 (2006)	#623 (2011)	2 of 6	8 (2006–2011)	4 (2006)

Mathieu by decade in England and Wales · 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 Mathieu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	27	7 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mathieu 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Mathieu'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
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2018, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 10 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.

Mathew · #29, 62y
Mathias · #2, 69y
Mathilda · #256, 30y
Mathilde · #20, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Glyn · #272, 23y
Kalem · #272, 25y
Amy-Leigh · #271, 24y
Cailum · #271, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Allister · #272, 17y
Connaire · #272, 10y
Donovan · #272, 29y
Gethin · #272, 27y

Mathieu was ranked #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Mathieu 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 Mathieu without appearing here.

Mathieu moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3009.
Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #4678.
Nicola Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3478 and #4810.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Mathieu

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1756.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Mathieu

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 while Albie went from #853 to #52.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 while Alfred went from #218 to #106.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 while Archie went from #192 to #16.

Moved the same way as Mathieu

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 and Alan from #163 to #255.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Mathieu went from #2863 to #4749 and Alex from #43 to #91.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #272 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Mathieu

Mathieu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mathieu across 2 official records

Mathieu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mathieu appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mathieu and the names beside it

Mathieu moved ahead of

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Mathieu at a glance

Mathieu across 2 official records

Mathieu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mathieu appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mathieu

Mathieu and the names beside it

Mathieu moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mathieu

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