first name
MATEO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 63,143 people named Mateo, 88.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% as White and 1.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mateo peaked in 2024, when 11,355 babies got the name.
At least 126,778 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mateo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #19. The largest share of babies named Mateo, 83.8%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mateo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mateo has been most common in Nevada (4.2×), Arizona (2.9×), and California (2.4×), and least common in West Virginia (0.08×).
125,260 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mateo
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mateo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mateo ranks #2,369 of 156,621, with 15,024 people. See Mateo as a last name
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