Mateo
Pronounced M AA0 T EY1 OW0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 121 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Mateo?
Mateo is a boys' name, and first appears in 1904. It has been given to 149,626 children — the 235th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 14,074 children were given it.
Matteo is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Mateo and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Matteo
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AA0 T EY1 OW0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Mateo
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Mateo
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Mateo?
- Mateo ranks 235th among boys' names in US records, with 149,626 births since 1904. Over the past decade it accounts for 112,839.
- Is Mateo a unisex name?
- No. Mateo is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Mateo most popular?
- 2024, when 14,074 children were given the name. It has been in use for 121 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Mateo spelled?
- Matteo. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.