Mathieu
Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- French
Meaning & Origin of Mathieu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Mathieu
American parents first put Mathieu on the record books as a baby boy name in 1955, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 77 Mathieus were born — ranking #1,552 that year. About 26% of every Mathieu on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mathieu ranks #4,775 for baby boys with 21 births, falling sharply (-32%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Mathieu
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mathieu. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Mathieu
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About the name Mathieu
Mathieu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Mathieu's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #1,465. Use the chart and map above to compare Mathieu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.