Mateo

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #8 for boys in 2025, 11,045 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 11,293 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
126,693
since 1904

Mateo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#811,045
2024#13,4776#711,349
2023#6,40918#611,293
2022#15,3065#1110,397
2021#13,4646#159,181
2020#11,0908#209,007
2019—#269,022
2018—#378,221
2017#10,6899#427,774
2016—#596,559
2015#13,0067#855,029
2014#16,5135#1063,743
2013#11,0009#1093,588
2012—#1372,840
2011—#1712,204
2010—#2221,624
2009—#2291,594
2008—#2491,408
2007—#2801,227
2006—#2731,270
2005—#3021,089
2004—#320961
2003—#330876
2002—#354766
2001—#367727
2000—#428572
1999—#409577
1998—#513409
1997—#560340
1996—#695232
1995—#994125
1994—#1,28183
1993—#1,47263
1992—#1,50560
1991—#1,41165
1990—#1,51656
1989—#1,55052
1988—#1,73140
1987—#1,73438
1986—#2,51021
1985—#1,45246
1984—#1,48142
1983—#1,39945
1982—#1,70034
1981—#1,86530
1980—#2,28422
1979—#1,78831
1978—#1,50838
1977—#1,54636
1976—#1,99924
1975—#1,34542
1974—#1,79026
1973—#1,87123
1972—#1,64828
1971—#2,20318
1970—#2,05819
1969—#1,57027
1968—#2,44512
1967—#2,24213
1966—#2,46511
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1964—#2,54611
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1961—#2,24214
1960—#2,21014
1959—#1,97417
1958—#3,2757
1957—#2,27413
1956—#2,01516
1955—#2,13914
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1953—#1,95816
1952—#2,6809
1951—#2,49510
1950—#2,01914
1949—#2,22512
1948—#2,32611
1947—#2,6719
1946—#1,94914
1945—#1,92613
1944—#2,6338
1943—#1,98614
1942—#2,7128
1941—#2,20711
1940—#2,08112
1939—#2,15911
1938—#1,97613
1937—#3,1756
1936—#2,6298
1935—#2,12712
1934—#2,12112
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1932—#2,31311
1931—#2,32811
1930—#1,75318
1929—#1,44325
1928—#2,65910
1927—#2,03416
1926—#1,91117
1925—#2,43512
1924—#1,89418
1923—#2,12315
1922—#2,04016
1921—#3,2148
1920—#1,50525
1919—#2,15214
1918—#2,39812
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1912—#2,0457
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Mateo! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mateo is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNHWashington: #623 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,638 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMNIllinois: #923 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,802 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMINew York: #1,176 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 17,477 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #619 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 7,224 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedHITexas: #623 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 6,379 boysTXFlorida: #700 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,718 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#619 · 1 in 7,224
  2. Texas#623 · 1 in 6,379
  3. Washington#623 · 1 in 6,638
  4. Florida#700 · 1 in 7,718
  5. Illinois#923 · 1 in 11,802

Best ever in a state: #1 in Arizona, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#619361 in 7,224
Texas#623241 in 6,379
Washington#62351 in 6,638
Florida#700111 in 7,718
Illinois#92371 in 11,802
New York#1,17671 in 17,477
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mateo
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#7 → #8)
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#20 → #8)
  • 77 spots since 2015 (#85 → #8)
  • Biggest jump: 299 spots in 1996 (#994 → #695)
  • Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2000 (#409 → #428)
Rise & fade · boys
119 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 2023 at #6 (11,293 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 151
  • Highest: 1 in 151 boys born in 2023 were named Mateo (0.66%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155 boys born in 2025 (0.65%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 49.2% of all boys named Mateo (62,272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,205 (1904)#1,205
1910s63#1,945 (1913)#2,234
1920s162#1,443 (1929)#2,126
1930s102#1,753 (1930)#2,287
1940s112#1,926 (1945)#2,272
1950s116#1,958 (1953)#2,314
1960s102#1,570 (1969)#2,246
1970s285#1,345 (1975)#1,776
1980s370#1,399 (1983)#1,771
1990s2,010#409 (1999)#1,036
2000s10,490#229 (2009)#313
2010s50,604#26 (2019)#99
2020s62,272#6 (2023)#11

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mateo in 1995

boys
#994
125 births · 1 in 15,230 boys

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #994Mateo125
More about 1995

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 15,230 of them was named Mateo, which outranked 90.4% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mateo
  1. #987Jody126
  2. #987Ken126
  3. #987Ramsey126
  4. #994Mateo125
  5. #994Damarcus125
  6. #994Eddy125
  7. #997Hudson124
  8. #997Laurence124
  9. #999Dejuan123

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →