boys:
1.8k births since 1996
#2928 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1996
#5937 (23rd percentile)
The name Matheo is the #5,937 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,818 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 23.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,928 (36.1% percentile) for all time with 1,818 births since 1996.
Matheo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for boys in 1996). Birth data for Matheo is available in 26 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Matheo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 28.7% percentile (ranked #650) with 147 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 147 births per million (ranked 28.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Matheo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #650 (28.7% percentile) with 147 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matheo".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Matheo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.6% confident that Matheo is pronounced as mah-TAY-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-THEE-oh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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