girls:
16 births since 2014
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
28.4k births since 1911
#684 (85th percentile)
overall:
28.4k births since 1911
#1510 (80th percentile)
The name Matteo is the #1,510 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,420 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 80.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #684 (85.1% percentile) for all time with 28,404 births since 1911. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2014.
Matteo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Matteo is available in 95 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (95 years for boys and 3 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 Matteo has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Matteo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 84.6% percentile (ranked #141) with 1,367 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,367 births per million (ranked 84.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Matteo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #141 (84.6% percentile) with 1,367 births per million.
For girls, Matteo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #946) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Matteo is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #946 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Matteo".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Matteo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.0% confident that Matteo is pronounced as mah-TAY-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-TAY-oh, at 29.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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