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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat 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
1965——
1964—#2,54611
1963——
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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
1954——
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
1933——
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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1916—#1,94915
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1914—#2,9156
1913—#1,9459
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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #103 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 319 boysAKMaine: #158 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 482 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #120 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 394 boysNHWashington: #14 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 151 boysWAIdaho: #20 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 141 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mateo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #107 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 306 boysNDMinnesota: #35 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 195 boysMNIllinois: #8 for boys · 439 births · 1 in 124 boysILWisconsin: #81 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 315 boysWIMichigan: #77 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 324 boysMINew York: #47 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 248 boysNYMassachusetts: #60 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 261 boysMARhode Island: #85 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 260 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 147 boysORNevada: #5 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 97 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 109 boysWYSouth Dakota: #57 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 209 boysSDIowa: #28 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 179 boysIAIndiana: #55 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 252 boysINOhio: #128 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 478 boysOHPennsylvania: #110 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 435 boysPANew Jersey: #40 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 197 boysNJConnecticut: #57 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 230 boysCTCalifornia: #3 for boys · 2,080 births · 1 in 91 boysCAUtah: #37 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 207 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 152 boysCONebraska: #39 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 204 boysNEMissouri: #97 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 370 boysMOKentucky: #129 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 479 boysKYWest Virginia: #228 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 774 boysWVVirginia: #38 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 202 boysVAMaryland: #36 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 194 boysMDDelaware: #30 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 124 boysDEArizona: #3 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 100 boysAZNew Mexico: #5 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 87 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 148 boysKSArkansas: #86 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 319 boysARTennessee: #95 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 374 boysTNNorth Carolina: #28 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 191 boysNCSouth Carolina: #92 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 345 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #39 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 152 boysDCOklahoma: #24 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 179 boysOKLouisiana: #112 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 415 boysLAMississippi: #206 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 757 boysMSAlabama: #127 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 473 boysALGeorgia: #50 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 258 boysGAHawaii: #64 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 230 boysHITexas: #3 for boys · 1,722 births · 1 in 98 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 529 births · 1 in 171 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#3 · 1 in 91
  2. Texas#3 · 1 in 98
  3. Arizona#3 · 1 in 100
  4. New Mexico#5 · 1 in 87
  5. Nevada#5 · 1 in 97

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#33201 in 100
California#32,0801 in 91
Texas#31,7221 in 98
Nevada#51221 in 97
New Mexico#5841 in 87
Illinois#84391 in 124
Washington#142191 in 151
Kansas#16931 in 148
Colorado#181651 in 152
Oregon#191051 in 147
Idaho#20551 in 141
Florida#225291 in 171
Oklahoma#24991 in 179
Iowa#28761 in 179
North Carolina#282561 in 191
Delaware#30251 in 124
Wyoming#30111 in 109
Minnesota#351281 in 195
Maryland#361291 in 194
Utah#37931 in 207
Virginia#381911 in 202
District of Columbia#39231 in 152
Nebraska#39431 in 204
New Jersey#402001 in 197
New York#473531 in 248
Georgia#501951 in 258
Indiana#551291 in 252
Connecticut#57571 in 230
South Dakota#57161 in 209
Massachusetts#601031 in 261
Hawaii#64151 in 230
Michigan#771321 in 324
Wisconsin#81761 in 315
Rhode Island#85131 in 260
Arkansas#86401 in 319
South Carolina#92581 in 345
Tennessee#95911 in 374
Missouri#97771 in 370
Alaska#10381 in 319
North Dakota#107111 in 306
Pennsylvania#1101241 in 435
Louisiana#112521 in 415
New Hampshire#120111 in 394
Alabama#127461 in 473
Ohio#1281141 in 478
Kentucky#129411 in 479
Maine#15881 in 482
Mississippi#206161 in 757
West Virginia#22891 in 774
Montana———
Vermont———

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 2020

girls
#11,090
8 births · 1 in 202,069 girls
boys
#20
9,007 births · 1 in 192 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #11,090Mateo8

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #20Mateo9,007
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 202,069 of them was named Mateo, which outranked 36.7% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mateo
  1. #10,250Zyair9
  2. #10,250Zyionna9
  3. #10,250Zyria9
  4. #11,090Mateo8
  5. #11,090Aadhvika8
  6. #11,090Aadvika8
  7. #11,090Aaila8
  8. #12,142Aabriella7
  9. #12,142Aaleeyah7
  10. #12,142Aamilah7

Tied with 1,051 names at #11,090; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 192 of them was named Mateo, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mateo
  1. #17Jackson9,138
  2. #18Levi9,098
  3. #19Sebastian9,029
  4. #20Mateo9,007
  5. #21Jack8,945
  6. #22Owen8,669
  7. #23Theodore8,638
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →