Matei

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Matei: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Matei: Recorded every year since 2005, it reached #193 in 2019, and it stood at #262 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2007	#2435
2008	#2276
2009	#3227
2010	#1483
2011	#1342
2012	#1051
2013	#1063
2014	#730
2015	#571
2016	#379
2017	#264
2018	#232
2019	#193
2020	#197
2021	#217
2022	#239
2023	#266
2024	#298

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #298 among boys in England and Wales, #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #262 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Matei appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 2,062 births with the name.

Matei across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Matei's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#193 (2019)	#298 (2024)	20 of 20	2,062 (2005–2024)	269 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#204 (2020)	#262 (2025)	16 of 19	224 (2007–2025)	25 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#358 (2016)	#211 (2021)	#211 (2021)	2 of 6	14 (2016–2021)	10 (2021)

Matei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Matei in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	1,007	10 of 10	101
2020sbusiest	1,029	5 of 10	206

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 206 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 83, from 120 to 203.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Matei appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in England and Wales in 2019.

Matei's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#298	149	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#266	173	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#239	201	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#217	242	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#197	264	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#193	269	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#232	221	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#264	203	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#379	120	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#571	65	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1063	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	15	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	24	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	24	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	20	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	20	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 269 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mate · #604, 16y
Mateen · #1617, 28y
Matej · #357, 19y
Mateo · #65, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alora · #192, 16y
Ariya · #190, 22y
Oliwier · #196, 22y
Pola · #199, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alora · #192, 16y
Rua · #192, 17y
Ariya · #190, 22y
Arla · #196, 18y

Matei was ranked #193 in England and Wales · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Matei and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Matei without appearing here.

Matei moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #571 and #4747.
Rune Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1063 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1063 and #4685.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Matei

Hudson Compare
In 2021 they stood at #210 and #249 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #293 and #219.
Hunter Compare
In 2013 they stood at #448 and #479 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #364 and #314.
Albie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #293 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #288 and #243.

Moved the opposite way to Matei

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Matei

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Matei went from #3849 to #298 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Matei

Matei at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matei across 3 official records

Matei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Matei at a glance

Matei across 3 official records

Matei by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Matei

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