Mateen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-TEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Mateen is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “firm, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Mateen mean?
Arabic
“firm, strong”
Al-Matin, 'the Firm', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Mateen a girl's or a boy's name?
Mateen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mateen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Mateen, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mateen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Mateen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Mateen 11
- Matin 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Mateen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Mateen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Mateen, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more boys named Mateen than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Mateen in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mateen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Mateen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Hamza, Rayyan, Yahya, Ahmed, Zayan, Abdullah, Umar, Yaseen, Zayaan
Other spellings of Mateen
Names related to Mateen
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mateen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mateen, updated 20 October 2026.