first name
MATTEO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,236 people named Matteo, 54.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38% as White and 3.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Matteo peaked in 2024, when 2,589 babies got the name.
At least 33,499 babies have been given the name since 1911. 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.
Matteo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #286. The largest share of babies named Matteo, 79.8%, 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 Matteo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Matteo has been most common in Nevada (4×), Arizona (2.6×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.15×).
31,787 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 Matteo
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Matteo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Matteo ranks #14,709 of 156,621, with 1,938 people. See Matteo as a last name
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