Mateo

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mateo: Recorded since 1991, its highest recorded position is #65, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
79times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#65highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#1367
1999	#1082
2000	#1889
2001	#1202
2002	#1033
2003	#1513
2004	#906
2005	#807
2006	#832
2007	#764
2008	#757
2009	#662
2010	#615
2011	#602
2012	#671
2013	#621
2014	#597
2015	#526
2016	#470
2017	#345
2018	#311
2019	#269
2020	#203
2021	#217
2022	#184
2023	#161
2024	#178

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 Norway in 24 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2025: #65 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #85 among boys in Norway, #165 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #626 among boys in Norway in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2023–2025
Highest recorded position: #65 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025 (recorded 2023–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #65 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Mateo appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 2,546 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1991.

Mateo across 5 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.

Mateo'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
Norway · Boys	#626 (1991)	#85 (2025)	#85 (2025)	24 of 35	759 (1991–2025)	77 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#161 (2023)	#178 (2024)	28 of 29	2,546 (1996–2024)	323 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#129 (2024)	#165 (2025)	17 of 21	297 (2005–2025)	42 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#365 (2018)	#249 (2021)	#278 (2024)	7 of 7	40 (2018–2024)	8 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (2023)	#65 (2025)	#65 (2025)	2 of 3	213 (2023–2025)	124 (2025)

Mateo 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 Mateo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	3 of 10	8
2000s	247	10 of 10	25
2010s	903	10 of 10	90
2020sbusiest	1,371	5 of 10	274

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 274 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 67, from 180 to 247.

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

Mateo 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 6 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025.

Mateo'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	#178	282	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#161	323	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#184	277	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#217	242	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#203	247	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#269	180	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#311	152	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#345	138	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#470	86	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#526	73	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#597	59	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#621	55	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#671	50	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#602	57	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#615	53	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#662	47	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#764	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#832	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#249	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#85	77	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#107	58	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#106	60	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#113	52	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#121	47	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#112	49	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#109	60	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#122	52	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#166	34	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#213	25	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#183	33	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#185	31	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#181	32	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#235	21	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#202	27	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#275	17	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#295	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#433	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	30	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	42	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	29	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	29	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	23	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	24	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	28	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 6 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #65, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 323 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 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.

Matei · #193, 21y
Matej · #357, 19y
Mateus · #660, 25y
Mateusz · #80, 48y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Zac · #65, 30y
Zoey · #66, 32y
Amara · #68, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Zac · #65, 30y
Zach · #65, 32y
Alba · #66, 31y

Mateo was ranked #65 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2025. 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.

Mateo 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 Mateo without appearing here.

Mateo moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1033 and #3225.
Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #3134.
Malin Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #3134.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1367 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1082 and #2943.

Moved ahead of Mateo

Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #365 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #365 and #178.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1033 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Mateo

Adrian Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 while Adrian went from #47 to #70.
Arild Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 while Arild went from #204 to #489.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 while Bjørn went from #37 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 while Dag went from #122 to #426.

Moved the same way as Mateo

Aaron Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 and Aaron from #601 to #334.
Adam Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 and Adam from #149 to #29.
Edward Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 and Edward from #522 to #189.
Emil Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mateo went from #626 to #85 and Emil from #43 to #2.

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 6 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mateo

Mateo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mateo across 5 official records

Mateo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mateo at a glance

Mateo across 5 official records

Mateo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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