Matteo

maleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

Recording by Katharina Liebert. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Matteo: Recorded since 1981, its highest recorded position is #68, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#68highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#654
1997	#600
1998	#502
1999	#516
2000	#472
2001	#533
2002	#481
2003	#423
2004	#454
2005	#386
2006	#458
2007	#422
2008	#450
2009	#468
2010	#427
2011	#392
2012	#466
2013	#420
2014	#402
2015	#361
2016	#335
2017	#320
2018	#291
2019	#231
2020	#198
2021	#196
2022	#172
2023	#165
2024	#159
2025	#160

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 34 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2025: #68 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #132 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #160 among boys in England and Wales, #181 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #560 among boys in Norway in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded2024–2025
Highest recorded position: #68 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025 (recorded 2024–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #160 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Matteo appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 479 births with the name.

Matteo 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.

Matteo'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	#560 (1981)	#137 (2024)	#181 (2025)	34 of 45	479 (1981–2025)	40 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#159 (2024)	#160 (2025)	30 of 30	3,824 (1996–2025)	328 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#393 (2002)	#125 (2024)	#132 (2025)	24 of 24	359 (2002–2025)	44 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#202 (2024)	#202 (2024)	8 of 16	37 (2009–2024)	10 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#91 (2024)	#68 (2025)	#68 (2025)	2 of 2	208 (2024–2025)	117 (2025)

Matteo by decade in Norway · 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 Matteo in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	18	4 of 10	5
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	224	10 of 10	22
2020sbusiest	149	6 of 10	25

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Matteo 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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #68 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025.

Matteo'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#160	328	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#159	313	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#165	312	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#172	292	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#196	278	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#198	262	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#231	218	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#291	168	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#320	155	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#335	141	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#361	124	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#420	97	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#466	85	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#392	100	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#427	88	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#468	77	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#450	80	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#422	84	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#458	70	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#386	79	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#454	59	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#423	61	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#481	45	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#533	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#516	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#502	39	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#600	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#181	27	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#137	40	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#192	26	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#236	17	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#227	19	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#208	20	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#203	25	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#244	20	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#185	29	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#236	22	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#275	17	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#216	25	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#262	19	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#256	19	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#232	22	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#204	26	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#410	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#561	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#380	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#543	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#560	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	41	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	44	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	34	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	23	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	#220	23	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#234	17	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.

Where Matteo is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Matteo, between 1981 and 2025, in 38 of those 45 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1981–2025	34	#137 in 2024
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#159 in 2024
Republic of Ireland	2002–2025	24	#125 in 2024
Northern Ireland	2009–2024	8	#202 in 2024
New South Wales, Australia	2024–2025	2	#68 in 2025
Scotland	2024	1	#234 in 2024

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1981 and 2025, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #68, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 328 births, registered in England and Wales in 2025.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 43 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.

Matt · #236, 31y
Mattea · #2727, 21y
Matthew · #1, 69y
Matthias · #232, 60y

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.

Leonardo · #66, 40y
Zane · #70, 37y
August · #71, 39y
Maxwell · #71, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Brenton · #66, 12y
Zane · #70, 37y
Zuzanna · #70, 33y
Alyce · #65, 23y

Matteo was ranked #68 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#65
Riley#66
Fletcher#67
Miles#68
Carter#70
Remy#70
Adam#72
Isaiah#72

Matteo 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Matteo without appearing here.

Matteo moved ahead of

Alfred
In 2018 they stood at #401 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #220 and #646.
Garry
In 1996 they stood at #654 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #600 and #914.
Jack
In 2009 they stood at #410 and #401 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #204 and #504.
Pål
In 2011 they stood at #232 and #225 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #256 and #521.

Moved ahead of Matteo

Hunter
In 2011 they stood at #392 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #466 and #238.
Theo
In 1999 they stood at #543 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #517 and #318.
Alfie
In 2002 they stood at #393 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #500 and #305.
Hudson
In 2011 they stood at #392 and #401 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #466 and #277.

Moved the opposite way to Matteo

Arild
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 while Arild went from #94 to #489.
Arne
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 while Arne went from #60 to #222.
Bjørn
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 while Bjørn went from #9 to #56.
Dag
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 while Dag went from #77 to #426.

Moved the same way as Matteo

Adam
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 and Adam from #103 to #29.
Adrian
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 and Adrian from #187 to #70.
Benjamin
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 and Benjamin from #174 to #48.
Edward
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Matteo went from #560 to #181 and Edward from #460 to #189.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #68 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Matteo

Pronunciation

Matteo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Matteo across 5 official records

Matteo by decade in Norway · Boys

Matteo appears in

Popularity data

Where Matteo is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Matteo

Matteo and the names beside it

Matteo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Matteo

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Moved the same way as Matteo

Matteo at a glance

Matteo across 5 official records

Matteo by decade in Norway · Boys

Matteo appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Matteo

Matteo and the names beside it

Matteo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Matteo

Moved the opposite way to Matteo

Moved the same way as Matteo