Math

Boys' name

Possibly bear

Math has been given to 100 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Math, 1934

1 in 346,000

Math over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Math: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly bear

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Math means

Math may mean “bear”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Math is used in Welsh Mythology.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 100 boys were recorded with the name Math between 1880 and 1934. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1915; its best national rank was #786 in 1880.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Math?

Math had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1934, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1934: 1 in 346,000; 6 of 2,076,780 births
Among boys only: 1 in 172,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1934: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 239,920 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Math sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1934 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 239,920 children born in 1934 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Math. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Maths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Math was born before 1915 — so the typical Math is around 110 today.

Median birth year: 1915; About 110 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 62.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Math rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1915 (9)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #786; 1880

Spellings of Math

Math is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 56.6% against Math's <0.01%.

Mark56.6%1,362,176
Max7.0%167,458
Seth6.9%165,793
Marc5.8%140,604
Mateo5.3%126,693
Mathew3.2%77,538
Mack1.8%42,720
Marty1.3%32,180

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Math around the world

Where Math ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2000–2022
#3,450
in 2022
South Australia
2001–2001
#581
in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Math by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #786; 1880
Peak year: 1915; 9 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1934
All-time count: 100
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Math

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mato Matis Matty Mats Mate Matvei Matviy Mati Mataio Mataeo Matrix Matei Matao Matin Matyas Matti Matas Matai Matej Matvii Matix Matvey Mattia Matan

Sibling names for Math

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

Explore around Math

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