Boy
Mathew
Rooted in Hebrew, Mathew is a boy's name that means "Hebrew, gift of God". It peaked back in the 1980s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyVariant of Matthew
HebrewHebrew – "gift of God"
Births by decade
1900s
385
1910s
1,584
1920s
1,739
1930s
891
1940s
867
1950s
2,057
1960s
4,660
1970s
10,906
1980s
18,724
1990s
16,839
2000s
10,612
2010s
5,025
Peaked in the 1980s · 74,289 total U.S. births since 1900