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Mateo

Boys' name · Current revival

Living in the US
~125,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#8 among boys
Births in 2025
11,057 126,778 since 1880
Typical age
6 years, median

Mateo popularity over time

Mateo rank by birth year, 1904–2025Mateo ranked #1,205 in 1904 and #8 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 2023.#10#100#1,000#81920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1904–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Mateo was used most in 2024, when 11,355 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1904. It has held a top-100 place in 11 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #8, with 11,057 births that year. Over ten years the count has risen 2.2×.

Babies named Mateo per yearPeaks at 11,355 births in 2024.11,355 in 202401920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Mateo?

An estimated 125,400 living Americans are called Mateo. SSA has recorded 126,778 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Mateo?

The typical living Mateo is 6 years old. More of them were born in the 2020s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Mateo a current revival name.

Your Mateo

Ages of living people named MateoHalf of living Mateos are older than 6 and half younger.median 6020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Mateo is most common

Relative to births, New Mexico carries 2.8× the national share of Mateos. Nevada, California and Arizona follow.

Where Mateo is used more than average5 states use the name Mateo more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 2.3× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.1× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 2.1× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 2.8× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.9× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Mateo is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 941 2.8×
Nevada 1,409 2.3×
California 21,821 2.1×
Arizona 3,512 2.1×
Texas 17,660 1.9×

Mateo in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Mateo ranked #160 in 2025 on 328 births. That is 33% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Mateo comes from

From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ. Doublet of Matthew.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Mateo

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Mateo Kovačić Croatian association football player 1994 64
Mateo Retegui Italian association football player 1999 37
Mateo Alemán novelist, writer 1547–1614 36
Mateo Musacchio Argentine footballer 1990 33
Mateo Chávez Mexican footballer 2004 28
Mateo Garralda Spanish handball player 1969 22
Mateo Pavlović association footballer 1990 20
Mateo Cassierra Colombian footballer 1997 19
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Mateo

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Mateo was in 2025.

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