Mateo

Meaning: Gift of the Lord
Origin: Spanish (from Hebrew) — Variant of Matthew

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

See where Mateo is more common.

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

Around the world

Mateo is especially popular in Mexico, Germany, and Spain.

#2 in Mexico (2024) · #2 in Germany (2025) · #2 in Spain (2024) · #3 in Argentina (2025) · #4 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #10 in Croatia (2025) · #19 in Ecuador (2025) · #30 in Slovenia (2025) · #46 in Austria (2025) · #49 in Switzerland (2025) · #51 in Czechia (2025) · #65 in Australia (NSW) (2025) and 13 more.

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 (TV series)
Mateo Castellanos — Benidorm (TV series)
Mateo txistu^fr — Basque mythology

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).

Spellings & nicknames

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.

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

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