Matea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-TAY-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Matea is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Matea mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mattea; feminine of Matteo, the Italian form of Matthew
“gift of God”
Matthew was one of the twelve apostles and is traditionally named as author of the first Gospel.
Meaning borrowed from Mattea.
Is Matea a girl's or a boy's name?
Matea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Matea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Matea, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had fewer girls named Matea than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Matea in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Matea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Matea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Nicknames for Matea
Names like Matea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makayla Madilyn Isabella Galilea Malia Mia Mikayla Mariah Madison Eliana Ivanna Talia
Other spellings of Matea
Names related to Matea
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Matea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/matea, updated 20 October 2026.