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Matthew
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- Matthew 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mateo 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Matteo 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mathieu 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mathew 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Matthieu 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mathéo 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Matvey 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇰🇿
- Mateus 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Matthéo 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇨🇭
- Mateusz 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Matei 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Matheus 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mattew 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Mateu 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇪🇸
- Mattieu 🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Matteï 🇫🇷
3,004,688births recorded
19Countries
17Variants
1975Peak · South Australia
#1Spain 2024
Matthew is a boy name family recorded 3,004,688 times in 19 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Spain (#1 in 2024). Its all-time peak was in South Australia in 1975, at 3,004.6 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Mathieu (France), Matteo (Italy), Mateo (Argentina, Spain).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Matthew
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | English | 1,659,655 | 🇺🇸 United States | #32 | 1983 | ▼ 39 % |
| Matthew | English | 81,284 | 🏴 England & Wales | #153 | 1997 | ▼ 66 % |
| Matthew | English | 67,621 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #41 | 1987 | ▼ 50 % |
| Matthew | English | 49,426 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1982 | – |
| Matthew | English | 16,116 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #74 | 1984 | ▼ 56 % |
| Matthew | English | 14,458 | 🏴 Scotland | #79 | 2000 | ▼ 58 % |
| Mateo | Spanish | 126,778 | 🇺🇸 United States | #8 | 2023 | ▲ 145 % |
| Mateo | Spanish | 112,956 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #5 | 2013 | ▲ 74 % |
| Mateo | Spanish | 44,205 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #1 | 2024 | – |
| Mateo | Spanish | 22,725 | 🇫🇷 France | #182 | 2004 | ▶ 0 % |
| Mateo | Spanish | 3,811 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #6 | 2024 | ▲ 220 % |
| Mateo | Spanish | 3,076 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #53 | 2023 | ▲ 67 % |
| Matteo | Italian | 165,540 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #14 | 2000 | – |
| Matteo | Italian | 44,230 | 🇫🇷 France | #120 | 2004 | ▶ 1 % |
| Matteo | Italian | 33,499 | 🇺🇸 United States | #146 | 2024 | ▲ 26 % |
| Matteo | Italian | 7,619 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #4 | 2023 | ▲ 11 % |
| Matteo | Italian | 4,443 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #65 | 2023 | ▲ 15 % |
| Matteo | Italian | 3,824 | 🏴 England & Wales | #160 | 2025 | ▲ 224 % |
| Mathieu | French | 152,855 | 🇫🇷 France | #409 | 1986 | ▼ 75 % |
| Mathieu | French | 28,081 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #320 | 1986 | ▼ 79 % |
| Mathieu | French | 2,516 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #964 | 1991 | ▼ 46 % |
| Mathieu | French | 2,416 | 🇺🇸 United States | #4857 | 1998 | ▼ 53 % |
| Mathieu | French | 1,167 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #719 | 2000 | ▼ 74 % |
| Mathieu | French | 93 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2002 | – |
| Mathew | English | 77,745 | 🇺🇸 United States | #973 | 1987 | ▼ 58 % |
| Mathew | English | 7,436 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1985 | – |
| Mathew | English | 5,727 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1517 | 1991 | ▼ 71 % |
| Mathew | English | 3,256 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2131 | 1996 | ▼ 75 % |
| Mathew | English | 1,670 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1990 | – |
| Mathew | English | 1,305 | 🇦🇺 South Australia | – | 1986 | – |
| Matthieu | French | 82,425 | 🇫🇷 France | #431 | 1987 | ▼ 59 % |
| Matthieu | French | 1,606 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 1984 | – |
| Matthieu | French | 1,058 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7194 | 1998 | ▼ 55 % |
| Matthieu | French | 531 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #1124 | 2000 | ▼ 54 % |
| Matthieu | French | 485 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1987 | – |
| Matthieu | French | 101 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2006 | – |
| Mathéo | French | 60,460 | 🇫🇷 France | #89 | 2007 | ▼ 54 % |
| Mathéo | French | 5,515 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #160 | 2015 | ▲ 1,004 % |
| Mathéo | French | 2,790 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #36 | 2022 | ▲ 72 % |
| Mathéo | French | 2,451 | 🇺🇸 United States | #750 | 2025 | ▲ 255 % |
| Mathéo | French | 959 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #319 | 2019 | ▲ 34 % |
| Mathéo | French | 117 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2012 | 2023 | new |
| Matvey | Kazakh | 12,817 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #75 | 2018 | ▼ 25 % |
| Matvey | Kazakh | 319 | 🇺🇸 United States | #5861 | 2013 | ▼ 8 % |
| Matvey | Kazakh | 62 | 🏴 England & Wales | #3240 | 2021 | ▲ 5 % |
| Matvey | Kazakh | 45 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2022 | – |
| Matvey | Kazakh | 5 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2012 | – |
| Mateus | German | 4,637 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | #12 | 2022 | – |
| Mateus | German | 994 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2798 | 2023 | ▲ 36 % |
| Mateus | German | 295 | 🇫🇷 France | #1923 | 2022 | ▲ 279 % |
| Mateus | German | 281 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1538 | 2018 | ▲ 39 % |
| Mateus | German | 244 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #486 | 2022 | ▲ 51 % |
| Mateus | German | 107 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1123 | 2021 | ▲ 10 % |
| Matthéo | French | 3,755 | 🇫🇷 France | #1557 | 2004 | ▼ 69 % |
| Matthéo | French | 327 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2258 | 2025 | ▲ 484 % |
| Matthéo | French | 75 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #417 | 2025 | new |
| Matthéo | French | 22 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | – | 2024 | – |
| Mateusz | English | 1,808 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2266 | 2009 | ▼ 83 % |
| Mateusz | English | 1,156 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7679 | 2008 | ▼ 30 % |
| Mateusz | English | 495 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | – | 2009 | – |
| Mateusz | English | 168 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1997 | – |
| Mateusz | English | 156 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 2010 | – |
| Mateusz | English | 125 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2017 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Matthew ↔ Matthieu — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Mathieu — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Mateo — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Matteo — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Mathéo — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Mateus — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Mateu — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Matvey — checked by hand
- Matthew ↔ Matei — checked by hand
- Mateo ↔ Matthéo — spelling variant
- Matei ↔ Matteï — spelling variant
- Mateus ↔ Mateusz — spelling variant
- Mateus ↔ Matheus — spelling variant
- Matthew ↔ Mathew — spelling variant
Questions about Matthew
How popular is the name Matthew?
In 2024 it ranked #1 in Spain. Official registers record 3,004,688 births across 19 countries.
What is Matthew in other languages?
Mateo (Spanish); Matteo (Italian); Mathieu (French); Mathew (English); Matthieu (French); Mathéo (French); Matvey (Kazakh); Mateus (German); Matthéo (French); Mateusz (English).
When was Matthew most popular?
It peaked in South Australia in 1975, at 3,004.6 births per 100,000.
Is Matthew a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Matthew is a boy name.