girls:
67 births since 2013
#5649 (1st percentile)
boys:
104.2k births since 1904
#298 (94th percentile)
overall:
104.2k births since 1904
#656 (92nd percentile)
The name Mateo is the #656 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 104,246 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 91.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #298 (93.5% percentile) for all time with 104,179 births since 1904. For girls, it ranks #5,649 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 2013.
Mateo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Mateo is available in 106 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 8 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mateo has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Mateo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 99.5% percentile (ranked #6) with 6,132 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6,132 births per million (ranked 99.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1988, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mateo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #6 (99.5% percentile) with 6,132 births per million.
For girls, Mateo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #934) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mateo is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #934 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mateo".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mateo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.0% confident that Mateo is pronounced as muh-TAY-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-TAY-oh, at 40.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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