Mateus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mateus: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #660, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#660highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2000	#2501
2002	#3225
2004	#2304
2005	#1851
2006	#3385
2007	#2023
2008	#2097
2009	#1568
2010	#3865
2011	#1600
2012	#2270
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#1586
2016	#1627
2017	#2172
2018	#1061
2019	#1253
2020	#1314
2021	#1860
2022	#1224
2023	#1309
2024	#1758

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 24 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1309 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2016–2025
Highest recorded position: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2016–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mateus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 282 births with the name.

Mateus across 2 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.

Mateus'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	#2943 (1999)	#1061 (2018)	#1758 (2024)	24 of 26	282 (1999–2024)	26 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#713 (2016)	#660 (2023)	#676 (2025)	3 of 10	11 (2016–2025)	4 (2023)

Mateus 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 Mateus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	58	8 of 10	7
2010s	134	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	87	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Mateus 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 2 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Mateus'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #660, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 17 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.

Matej · #357, 19y
Mateo · #65, 31y
Mateusz · #80, 48y
Mathea · #39, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Afonso · #660, 21y
Annabell · #660, 29y
Melita · #660, 27y
Rahaf · #660, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Annabell · #660, 29y
Melita · #660, 27y
Samar · #660, 29y
Abdurrahman · #659, 28y

Mateus was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Mateus 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 Mateus without appearing here.

Mateus moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1568 and #4527.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.
Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2501 and #2501 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1851 and #3849.
Kelly Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #2629 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1600 and #3300.

Moved ahead of Mateus

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.
Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1517.
Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1517.

Moved the opposite way to Mateus

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Mateus

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mateus went from #2943 to #1758 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2 regions, from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mateus

Mateus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mateus across 2 official records

Mateus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mateus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mateus at a glance

Mateus across 2 official records

Mateus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mateus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mateus

Mateus and the names beside it

Mateus moved ahead of

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