Mateo

“Variant of Matthew — Gift of the Lord” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #8 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Mateo is near its high-water mark: it reached #6 in 2023 and still ranked #8 in 2025. About 127,000 boys have carried it since 1904. Together with its spelling variant Matteo (#146), Mateo would rank around #4 with about 13,500 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Mateo and Matteo.

Around the world: #2 in Argentina (2024) · #2 in Germany (2025) · #2 in Spain (2024) · #2 in Mexico (2022) · #4 in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mateos

Mateo Kovačić — Croatian association football player (born 1994)
Mateo Retegui — Italian association football player
Mateo Alemán — novelist, writer
Mateo Musacchio — Argentine footballer
Mateo Chávez — Mexican footballer (born 2004)

In stories & tradition

Mateo Santos — All My Children
Mateo Castellanos — fictional human
Mateo txistu — character

What Mateos become

Among 473 notable people named Mateo:

Sports figures appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mateo Kovačić, Croatian association football player (born 1994).

Similar names: Matthew · Asher · Matias · Theo · Axel · Elias

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