Matteo Boy
How popular is Matteo?
#146 boy name in 2025
2,455 baby boys were named Matteo in the US in 2025, making it the 146th most popular boy name.
Matteo popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #146 for boys (▼ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,455 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #191 in 2015, #173 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (2,589 boys) |
| Highest rank | #138 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1911 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Matteo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mateo family of names ranked #5 for boys in 2025 (#4 the year before), with 13,500 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mateo | 11,045 | 82% |
| Matteo | 2,455 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Matteo is most popular
Babies named Matteo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Connecticut: 3.3 per 1,000 (224 boys)
- Nevada: 3.2 per 1,000 (184 boys)
- New Mexico: 3.1 per 1,000 (103 boys)
- Delaware: 2.7 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- California: 2.6 per 1,000 (2,378 boys)
Matteo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 102 | #1,739 |
| 1920s | 180 | #1,414 |
| 1930s | 65 | #2,101 |
| 1940s | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1950s | 26 | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 74 | #2,177 |
| 1970s | 120 | #2,323 |
| 1980s | 174 | #2,353 |
| 1990s | 676 | #930 |
| 2000s | 3,241 | #455 |
| 2010s | 14,630 | #169 |
| 2020s | 14,188 | #138 |
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Questions
- Is Matteo a boy or girl name?
- Matteo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Matteo were boys.
- How popular is the name Matteo?
- 2,455 baby boys were named Matteo in the US in 2025, making it the 146th most popular boy name.
- When was Matteo most popular?
- Matteo peaked in 2024, when 2,589 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #138 in 2024.
- How many people are named Matteo?
- 33,499 babies have been named Matteo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,922 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Matteo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Matteo was most common in Connecticut, at 3.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.