Mateo
Top 1000
About Mateo
Mateo is a Latinate name that like Mia and Luca, is becoming popular far beyond its native Spanish community. With its fresh feel and charm, it made a surprise entrance to the boys' Top 10 in 2023.
The Spanish form of Matthew, which derived from the Hebrew name Mattiyahu, Mateo can also be spelled Matteo, technically the Italian variation. Mattiyahu consists of the elements mattan, meaning "gift" and yah, which references the Hebrew God.
Mateo is enormously popular in Spain and Latin America, but it's also a top boys' name in the US along with several other countries in central and eastern Europe. Its approachable spelling and pronunciation for non-Spanish speakers is one reason it's found such widespread favor. Plus it's a fresh spin on dad name Matthew and a shortcut to the stylish short form Teo.
Counting Mateo and Teo along with the similar sounding Theodore and Theo, it's clear parents are loving that eo sound at the moment. More than 11300 babies where given the name Mateo in 2024, while the similar Matteo and Matheo also made the Top 1000.
Actor Colin Firth has a son called Matteo, the Italian form; the Benjamin Bratts have a Mateo.
Matheo is an archaic Spanish spelling, although it is used in France as Mathéo.
Pronounced muh-TAY-oh.
As of October 2026, Mateo ranked #8 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #22.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #106 | 3,743 | 1,948.6 |
| 2015 | #85 | 5,029 | 2,623.7 |
| 2016 | #59 | 6,558 | 3,455.7 |
| 2017 | #42 | 7,774 | 4,200 |
| 2018 | #37 | 8,221 | 4,526.6 |
| 2019 | #26 | 9,019 | 5,026.7 |
| 2020 | #20 | 9,004 | 5,216.5 |
| 2021 | #15 | 9,177 | 5,245.6 |
| 2022 | #11 | 10,389 | 5,950.1 |
| 2023 | #6 | 11,279 | 6,593.7 |
| 2024 | #7 | 11,302 | 6,559.9 |
| 2025 | #8 | 11,045 | 6,466.3 |
World rankings
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Mateo on lists
Famous Mateos
- Mateo Gil (Rodriguez)
Spanish film director
- Mateo Alemán (y de Enero)
Spanish novelist
- Mateo Kovacic
Croatian footballer
- Mateo (born Iman Jordan)
American pop singer,songwriter
- Mateo Pablo Musacchio
Argentine footballer
- Mateo Bravery Bratt (b. 2005)
son of actors Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto
- Mateo Lev Colicchio
son of celebrity chef Tom Colicchio
- Mateo Jay Thompson (b. 2007)
son of weather forecaster Audrey Puente; grandson of bandleader Tito Puente
- Mateo Dragić (b. 2013)
son of basketball player Goran Dragić
- Mateo Gago (b. 2013)
son of footballer Fernando Gago and tennis player Gisela Dulko
- Mateo Hindoyan (b. 2014)
son of soprano Sonya Yoncheva and conductor Domingo Hindoyan
- Mateo Messi (b. 2015)
son of footballer Lionel Messi
- Mateo dos Santos (b. 2017)
son of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, twin of sister Eva
Mateo in pop culture
- Mateo Santos
character on American soap "All My Children"
- Mateo Gloriano Rogelio Solano Villanueva
son of Jane and Rafael on the series Jane the Virgin
- Mateo Fernando Aquino Liwanag
character on TV's "Superstore"
- Mateo de Alva
character on TV's "Elena of Avalor"