Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Matteo yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Matteo reached its best-ever figures in 2024: 2,582 births, rank 138. Growth of 209% across the decade makes it one of the fastest risers here, and its cumulative 31,026 births are among the slimmest in this slice, so nearly everyone who has ever carried the name in America is currently young. Recorded from 1911 with no listed origin, though the Italian derivation is obvious. Exactly one namesake appears, the footballer Mattéo Guendouzi, born 1999, spelled with an accent the American data does not use. Matteo belongs with Lorenzo and Lucia in the group of Italian names moving up together — a broadening of taste rather than any individual's influence, since none of the three has a bearer prominent enough to drive it.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 5 | #1,915 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,178 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,899 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,931 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,853 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,220 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,952 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,289 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,918 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,533 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,913 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,958 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,038 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,409 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,932 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,140 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,162 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,402 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,561 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,029 |
| 1952 | 5 | #4,089 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,749 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,287 |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,344 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,307 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,649 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,891 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,194 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,232 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,323 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,311 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,024 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,487 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,824 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,648 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,961 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,070 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,622 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,193 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,166 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,687 |
| 1980 | 15 | #3,050 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,640 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,228 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,172 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,212 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,406 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,452 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,660 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,393 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,748 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,658 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,242 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,274 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,378 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,278 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,384 |
| 1997 | 106 | #1,159 |
| 1998 | 151 | #937 |
| 1999 | 155 | #941 |
| 2000 | 176 | #890 |
| 2001 | 175 | #900 |
| 2002 | 217 | #797 |
| 2003 | 244 | #739 |
| 2004 | 277 | #699 |
| 2005 | 306 | #682 |
| 2006 | 381 | #622 |
| 2007 | 392 | #624 |
| 2008 | 473 | #557 |
| 2009 | 600 | #455 |
| 2010 | 641 | #429 |
| 2011 | 751 | #385 |
| 2012 | 707 | #411 |
| 2013 | 798 | #377 |
| 2014 | 836 | #374 |
| 2015 | 2,171 | #191 |
| 2016 | 2,387 | #169 |
| 2017 | 2,082 | #187 |
| 2018 | 2,095 | #196 |
| 2019 | 2,161 | #179 |
| 2020 | 2,219 | #174 |
| 2021 | 2,356 | #165 |
| 2022 | 2,046 | #183 |
| 2023 | 2,514 | #144 |
| 2024 | 2,582 | #138 |
