Matthieu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Matthieu: Recorded since 1996, it reached #698 in 2008, and it stood at #4,608 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1257
1998	#1110
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2004	#3651
2005	#1851
2006	#1469
2007	#2435
2008	#2097
2009	#3744
2010	#2941
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2013	#3822
2014	#2690
2015	#3908
2019	#3937
2020	#4608

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 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2014: #715 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2690 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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
Highest recorded2008–2014
Highest recorded position: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4608 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Matthieu 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 131 births with the name.

Matthieu 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.

Matthieu'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	#1765 (1996)	#1110 (1998)	#4608 (2020)	21 of 25	131 (1996–2020)	13 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#698 (2008)	#715 (2014)	2 of 7	6 (2008–2014)	3 (2008)

Matthieu 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 Matthieu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	60	9 of 10	7
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Matthieu 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Matthieu'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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.

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Mattia · #582, 26y
Mattias · #189, 48y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Artiom · #698, 16y
Deegan · #698, 19y
Jeremi · #698, 16y
Marin · #698, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amr · #698, 29y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Collin · #698, 14y
Fareed · #698, 27y

Matthieu was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Matthieu 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 Matthieu without appearing here.

Matthieu moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1469 and #2870.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Matthieu

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2194.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1469 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #926.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Matthieu

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 while Albie went from #853 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 while Alfie went from #119 to #18.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 while Alfred went from #218 to #91.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Matthieu

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 and Aaron from #33 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 and Alan from #163 to #298.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Matthieu went from #1765 to #4608 and Alex from #43 to #108.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Matthieu

Matthieu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matthieu across 2 official records

Matthieu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Matthieu at a glance

Matthieu across 2 official records

Matthieu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Matthieu and the names beside it

Matthieu moved ahead of

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