NameTides

Mateo

Mateo was the #8 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11,045 babies), and #160 in England & Wales and #46 in Canada.

Mateo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Mateo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotland
Mateo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#8 (11,045)#160 (328)#226 (18)#237 (8)#165 (30)#46 (490)#65 (124)
2024#7 (11,349)#178 (282)#290 (13)#278 (6)#129 (42)#52 (462)—
2023#6 (11,293)#161 (323)#249 (16)#312 (5)#177 (29)#43 (498)#93 (89)
2022#11 (10,397)#184 (277)#209 (20)#264 (7)#178 (29)#48 (497)—
2021#15 (9,181)#217 (242)#233 (19)#249 (8)#215 (23)#64 (478)—
2020#20 (9,007)#203 (247)#390 (8)#270 (6)#204 (24)#60 (484)—
2019#26 (9,022)#269 (180)#320 (11)#365 (4)#191 (28)#70 (463)—
2018#37 (8,221)#311 (152)#310 (12)#365 (4)#257 (19)#91 (384)—
2017#42 (7,774)#345 (138)#352 (10)—#281 (16)#95 (379)—
2016#59 (6,559)#470 (86)#707 (3)—#272 (17)#130 (318)—
2015#85 (5,029)#526 (73)#686 (3)—#503 (6)#136 (291)—
2014#106 (3,743)#597 (59)#587 (4)—#347 (12)#141 (283)—
2013#109 (3,588)#621 (55)#590 (4)—#479 (6)#122 (325)—
2012#137 (2,840)#671 (50)———#131 (304)—
2011#171 (2,204)#602 (57)#648 (3)—#455 (7)#132 (296)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #6.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 150 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 6. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 830common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 790common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 320common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mateo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120 to 1 in 160.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mateo by state, 2025Alaska: #53AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #34WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #7WAIdaho: #16IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #36NDMinnesota: #39MNIllinois: #6ILMichigan: #53MINew York: #27NYMassachusetts: #51MAOregon: #6ORNevada: #2NVWyoming: #27WYSouth Dakota: #41SDIowa: #18IAIndiana: #17INOhio: #69OHPennsylvania: #65PANew Jersey: #15NJConnecticut: #27CTRhode Island: #22RICalifornia: #3CAUtah: #23UTColorado: #7CONebraska: #13NEMissouri: #53MOKentucky: #62KYWest Virginia: #101WVVirginia: #22VAMaryland: #15MDDelaware: #22DEArizona: #3AZNew Mexico: #3NMKansas: #11KSArkansas: #24ARTennessee: #46TNNorth Carolina: #15NCSouth Carolina: #41SCDistrict of Columbia: #7DCOklahoma: #9OKLouisiana: #54LAMississippi: #117MSAlabama: #46ALGeorgia: #13GAHawaii: #18HITexas: #3TXFlorida: #6FL
Mateo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#50120
Ontario2024#53199

Mateo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MateoCanadaBoys#46490
MateoEngland & WalesBoys#160328
MateoIrelandBoys#16530
MateoNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
MateoNSWBoys#65124
MateoScotlandBoys#22618
MateoUSGirls#8,36212
MateoUSBoys#811,045