Names like Mateo
In 2025, 11,045 boys born in the US were named Mateo, #8 among boys' names.
It first entered the top 1,000 in 1995 and reached the top 100 in 2015.
Its best rank was #6, in 2023.
The most births in one year were 11,349, in 2024.
Births rose 120% from 5,029 in 2015.
For 8 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1990 or later (Mateo's began in 1995).
Mateo's rank every ten years
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- 1990—
- 2000#428
- 2010#222
- 2020#20
- 2025#8
— outside the top 1,000
12 boy names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Mateo's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.