Popularity of the name Mateo, 1904–2025
Mateo was at its most popular in 2023, when 11,293 boys were given the name: about 1 in 150 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #6. In 2025, 11,045 boys were named Mateo, ranking #8. In all, Social Security counts 126,693 boys named Mateo since 1904. Social Security’s records also list 85 girls named Mateo.
- Peak year
- 2023
- Rank in 2023
- #6
- Babies in 2023
- 11,293
- Rank in 2025
- #8
- Total since 1904
- 126,693
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has climbed from #85 in 2015 to #8 in 2025, with 5,029 boys named Mateo in 2015 and 11,045 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Mateo ranked highest in the 2020s so far, at #11, with 62,272 boys given the name that decade. It started at #2,147 in the 1900s.
Every 20 years in the records: 25 in 1920 (#1,505), 12 in 1940 (#2,081), 14 in 1960 (#2,210), 22 in 1980 (#2,284), 572 in 2000 (#428) and 9,007 in 2020 (#20).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 11,349, in 2024. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 2024 than for 2023, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank, #6, came in its peak year.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1904 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Mateo, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 5 | #1,205 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,045 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,945 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,915 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,949 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,398 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,152 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,214 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,040 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,123 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,328 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,629 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,712 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,986 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,926 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,949 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,671 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,326 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,225 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,019 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,495 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,680 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,958 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,139 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,275 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,210 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,242 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,546 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,465 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,242 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,570 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,058 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,203 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,871 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,999 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,865 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,700 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,399 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,481 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,452 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,510 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,734 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,731 |
| 1989 | 52 | #1,550 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,516 |
| 1991 | 65 | #1,411 |
| 1992 | 60 | #1,505 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,472 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1995 | 125 | #994 |
| 1996 | 232 | #695 |
| 1997 | 340 | #560 |
| 1998 | 409 | #513 |
| 1999 | 577 | #409 |
| 2000 | 572 | #428 |
| 2001 | 727 | #367 |
| 2002 | 766 | #354 |
| 2003 | 876 | #330 |
| 2004 | 961 | #320 |
| 2005 | 1,089 | #302 |
| 2006 | 1,270 | #273 |
| 2007 | 1,227 | #280 |
| 2008 | 1,408 | #249 |
| 2009 | 1,594 | #229 |
| 2010 | 1,624 | #222 |
| 2011 | 2,204 | #171 |
| 2012 | 2,840 | #137 |
| 2013 | 3,588 | #109 |
| 2014 | 3,743 | #106 |
| 2015 | 5,029 | #85 |
| 2016 | 6,559 | #59 |
| 2017 | 7,774 | #42 |
| 2018 | 8,221 | #37 |
| 2019 | 9,022 | #26 |
| 2020 | 9,007 | #20 |
| 2021 | 9,181 | #15 |
| 2022 | 10,397 | #11 |
| 2023 | 11,293 | #6 |
| 2024 | 11,349 | #7 |
| 2025 | 11,045 | #8 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.