Mateo
Boy · ma-TAY-oh · Hebrew
Mateo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 170th for boys in the UK (354 babies) and 8th for boys in the US (11,045 babies).
What does Mateo mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Matthew
“gift of God”
Spanish form of Matthew, from Hebrew Mattityahu.
- Say it
- ma-TAY-oh
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Is Mateo a girl's or a boy's name?
Mateo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 354 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 11,045 boys in the US.
How popular is Mateo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #170among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 354about 1 in 850 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 354 boys in the UK were named Mateo, making it the 170th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 214th.
2025 had the most boys named Mateo of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mateo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 727 boys in the UK were given Mateo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #170 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 160th in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 237th in Northern Ireland.
Mateo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 354 | #170 |
| 2024 | 301 | #188 |
| 2023 | 344 | #167 |
| 2022 | 304 | #190 |
| 2021 | 269 | #215 |
| 2020 | 261 | #214 |
| 2019 | 195 | #277 |
| 2018 | 168 | #321 |
| 2017 | 148 | #360 |
| 2016 | 89 | #506 |
| 2015 | 76 | #562 |
| 2014 | 63 | #626 |
| 2013 | 59 | #640 |
| 2012 | 52 | #711 |
| 2011 | 60 | #635 |
| 2010 | 55 | #650 |
| 2009 | 48 | #711 |
| 2008 | 41 | #780 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 30 | #894 |
| 2005 | 31 | #844 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Mateo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11,045about 1 in 150 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 8.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11,045 boys in the US were named Mateo, making it the 8th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 20th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11,349 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904. 12 girls were also named Mateo in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mateo in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13,906 boys in the US were given Mateo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #4, up from #8 for this spelling alone.
Mateo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11,045 | #8 |
| 2024 | 11,349 | #7 |
| 2023 | 11,293 | #6 |
| 2022 | 10,397 | #11 |
| 2021 | 9,181 | #15 |
| 2020 | 9,007 | #20 |
| 2019 | 9,022 | #26 |
| 2018 | 8,221 | #37 |
| 2017 | 7,774 | #42 |
| 2016 | 6,559 | #59 |
| 2015 | 5,029 | #85 |
| 2014 | 3,743 | #106 |
| 2013 | 3,588 | #109 |
| 2012 | 2,840 | #137 |
| 2011 | 2,204 | #171 |
| 2010 | 1,624 | #222 |
| 2009 | 1,594 | #229 |
| 2008 | 1,408 | #249 |
| 2007 | 1,227 | #280 |
| 2006 | 1,270 | #273 |
| 2005 | 1,089 | #302 |
| 2004 | 961 | #320 |
| 2003 | 876 | #330 |
| 2002 | 766 | #354 |
| 2001 | 727 | #367 |
| 2000 | 572 | #428 |
| 1999 | 577 | #409 |
| 1998 | 409 | #513 |
| 1997 | 340 | #560 |
| 1996 | 232 | #694 |
| 1995 | 125 | #991 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,277 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 60 | #1,500 |
| 1991 | 65 | #1,405 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 52 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,480 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
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