Mataeo
Boy · mah-TAY-oh · Hebrew
Mataeo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Mataeo mean?
Hebrew: variant of Mateo, the Spanish form of Matthew
“gift of God”
A spelling of Mateo, the Spanish form of Matthew, the apostle traditionally credited with the first Gospel.
- Say it
- mah-TAY-oh
Is Mataeo a girl's or a boy's name?
Mataeo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mataeo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Mataeo, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had the most boys named Mataeo of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Mataeo in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mataeo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Names like Mataeo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Mikko Kairo Tru Mateo Yitzchok Makaio Kenzo Messiah Mathias Dakota Yeshua
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